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IDYLLWILD, Calif. – Fire crews will conduct a prescribed burn today to clear away brush and create a fire buffer in Idyllwild. The burn will take place along the Redhill south fuel break below the Nature Center. The break was established in 1994 to provide a fire buffer from Pine Cove to Strawberry Creek, according to [...]

A controlled burn of a rice field in the Gerber area filled the air over Red Bluff with smoke Thursday, leaving many south city residents wondering about the smoky sky.  The county is only allotted a certain amount of agricultural and residential burn days, which means a lot of people will be taking advantage of [...]

There won't be any need to call 911 on Friday afternoon about the sight of large plumes of smoke hovering over Henry W. Coe State Park in south Santa Clara County. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is planning a controlled burn of about 1,000 acres inside the park, according to Chris Morgan, [...]