Sierra_Nevada - Western Fires Rage

Western Fires Rage

NOF2001082403 - 24 AUGUST 2001 - NORTH FORK, CALIFORNIA, USA: A house sits unscathed surrounded by the charred path of a fire that burned over 1000 acres near North Fork, California on August 22, 2001. The fire is still burning. A fire broke out in the area around noon Monday and access was difficult in the steep terrain. Six aircraft were dispatched to fires in the Sierra Nevada at North Fork. mk/to/TOMAS OVALLE UPI.


UPI Related News
SARNIA, Ontario, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- "Moon-the-balloon" in Ontario was something of a bust, with only 200 Canadians showing up to drop their trousers to protest a U.S. surveillance balloon.
RENO, Nev., July 17 (UPI) -- Two wildfires have scorched more than 10,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada mountains along the California-Nevada state line, fire officials said Friday.
MADRID, March 2 (UPI) -- A ski lift collapsed Monday at the Sierra Nevada ski resort in Spain, leaving 23 people injured, Spanish officials said.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- California is hovering near the worst drought in the state's history, officials said after reporting the Sierra Nevada snowpack is 61 percent of normal.
PHILLIPS, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- California water rationing is almost certain, with Sierra Nevada snow levels below average despite recent winter storms, officials said.
Snowstorm halts Fossett recovery efforts
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- California authorities say it could be next year before recovery efforts can resume at the site where adventurer Steve Fossett's plane crashed.
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Investigators have finished removing the wreckage of adventurer Steve Fossett's plane from California's remote Sierra Nevada mountains, officials said.
BISHOP, Calif., July 14 (UPI) -- Mud, water and debris swooshed down the Sierra Nevada foothills in California during the weekend, damaging homes and a fish hatchery, officials said.
FRESNO, Calif., June 26 (UPI) -- Eleven hikers missing since the weekend were found safe Wednesday in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, authorities said.
CHICO, Calif., June 15 (UPI) -- Firefighters say they've gotten the upper hand on the stubborn Humboldt fire in Northern California, where more than 23,000 acres and 74 homes have been burned.
1 of 9 Prev | Next
Other Related News
nytimes.com at 21 Aug 2009 01:36 am
Conquering the 1,200-foot-high Dana Couloir is a summer sport in the Sierra Nevada, but because of climate change, it might not be around much longer.
sfgate.com at 23 Jul 2009 04:59 pm
Federal and state agents have arrested 82 people on suspicion of growing more than $1.2 billion worth of marijuana in California's Sierra Nevada range. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims...
sfgate.com at 12 Jul 2009 03:00 am
WHAT YOU'LL SEE: The Crystal Basin is a land of lakes, granite and pines, one of the prettiest areas in the Sierra Nevada. It is located roughly northeast of Pollock Pines, fronting the...
latimes.com at 7 Jul 2009 03:00 am
For centuries, donkeys and mules have been the preferred mode of military transport in Afghanistan. At a training center in the Sierra Nevada, Marines learn how to handle the sure-footed...
sfgate.com at 21 Jun 2009 11:52 pm
Lance Armstrong has won the Nevada City Classic, a challenging one-day race in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Armstrong finished ahead of third-place teammate Levi Leipheimer on the...
Emissions cuts no shock to Corp. America (7 min)
Ronaldo hopes to play in 'Clasico' (11 min)
Soccer officials probe match-fixing claims (12 min)
UPI NewsTrack Business (16 min)
UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News (26 min)
Texas loses guard Varez Ward for season
Council: $23,100 fake tree safer than real
fark
54 years after somebody stole a radio from a college's teacher's lounge, the thief anonymously sends...
Stealing £315,000 from your quadruple amputee niece's trust fund to buy vacations and jewelry is...
Inmates protest cold meals, seem to be unclear on the concept of prison
Photoshop this BASE jumper
You're a cop, and your daughter dies in the hospital. Do you A) mourn, B) establish a scholarship...
Drunk Irish mom beans son in the face with a full beer can; to be charged with wasting beer