CAL FIRE

Reader Input: Fire fee bills contain errors

Seems that we are about to receive another bill from Cal Fire for fire protection even though the Franchise Tax Board is questioning this billing. When the first bills were maile ...

Forest fire ignites at Cool Quarry on Saturday

El Dorado Cal Fire units responded to a forest fire in Cool Quarry on Saturday afternoon, with help from Auburn units and the El Dorado County Fire District. Cal Fire Capt. Carmel ...

Emergency crews rescue 6 from rocks

Six people were stranded on rocks near the confluence of the north and middle forks of the American River below Auburn for several hours late Saturday afternoon as emergency crews ...

UPDATE: Field fire scorches 33 acres in Lincoln

An outdoor blaze in Lincoln Wednesday morning created a massive smoke stack that could be seen from Rocklin, Roseville and beyond. The fire broke out around 11 a.m. in a dry, yell ...

El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting faces charges

The investigation by the El Dorado County District Attorney's office has resulted in the arrest of one elected official. El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting has been booke ...

Auburn, Newcastle teams train together for wildland fires

  Auburn and Newcastle firefighters trained Thursday to ensure they’re on the same page when mutual aid calls come in for wildland fires. About a dozen firefighters fr ...

Robbers Fire inmate hand-crew veterans prep for fires to come

At 6-feet-4-inches tall and more than 200 pounds, “Bubba” is a big guy. He’s also a state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate. On Thursday, duri ...

Lack of rain raises Placer County wildland fire concerns

  Timing is everything. And for a rural neighborhood along Highway 193 in Newcastle, a fire sparked Thursday by a power line brushing tree branches overhead was early enough ...

Our View: Making city’s defensible space ordinance permanent the right call

There’s a tradeoff when it comes to living in Auburn and the surrounding foothill communities. While many of us live here for the way of life and the beauty that the front po ...

Fire damages house in Auburn

A fire did significant damage to a Luther Road home early Saturday afternoon in North Auburn. No one was in the single-story, 1100-square-foot house at the time of the blaze ...