YREKA, Calif. — Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities. The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected thunderstorms a big concern Sunday just south …
It was just before sunrise in July when the botanists Naomi Fraga and Maria Jesus threw on backpacks and crunched their way across a brittle alkaline flat in the hottest corner of the Mojave Desert. “But they just won’t open their doors for business in a real dry year like this one.” * * * Biologist Rory Taylor cleans a …
The Lava fire in Siskiyou County is the largest of several wildfires burning in California. Fire crews made progress containing the northern and western edges of the fire Tuesday, but it continued to advance on the southeastern edge as winds swept in from the north, according to a Wednesday morning update from Shasta-Trinity National Forest. “It’s not terribly common.” Deputies …
