Type 1 Incident Management Team Assumes Command of Head Fire Yreka, Calif., August 17, 2023— Type 1 California Interagency Incident Management Team 5 (Mueller) has assumed command of the Head Fire as of 6:00 a.m. today, and additional resources are incoming. Currently, the Head Fire is approximately 3,500 acres and […]
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UPDATE! on Lightning Fires, by Klamath National Forest, August 16, 2023
Type 1 Incident Management Team In-briefed this Evening Forest Service News Release YREKA, Calif., August 16, 2023— A series of thunderstorms moved across the Klamath National Forest Monday night, bringing abundant lightning and igniting roughly 20 fires over the western side of the forest. Scattered precipitation was received with these storms. More […]
#Head fire/lightning Fire Activity on the Klamath National Forest
By Rachel Smith Forest Supervisor Neighbors; Last night’s lightning has resulted in an extremely dynamic situation across the forest. As of this writing, firefighters on the Klamath National Forest have located nineteen fires and we are actively looking for additional reported smokes. We are continuing to experience lightning and substantial winds across the […]
KOBI-TV News Not Telling the Whole Story?
I got an email, or message from KOBI to please get out a notification to its views Monday morning Aug. 14th. I agreed and published the material on Facebook on the Scott Valley News page as it was about a broadcast tower in Scott Valley. Daniel Webster The Smullin family […]
HISTORIC AGREEMENT: CAL FIRE and the Bureau of Land Management sign a statewide Good Neighbor Authority Agreement
CAL FIRE NEWS RELEASE HISTORIC AGREEMENT MAKES IT EASIER AND FASTER TO WORK ACROSS JURISDICTIONS, AIMS TO INCREASE FOREST AND FUELS MANAGEMENT PROJECTS ON STATE AND FEDERAL LAND CAL FIRE and the Bureau of Land Management sign a statewide Good Neighbor Authority agreement making it easier to work across land […]
Governor Newsom’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce (UCETF) Operation in Siskiyou County
Governor’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce Targets Environmental Harm In Largest Ever Operation To Eradicate Illegal Cannabis Grows In Siskiyou County Untested cannabis products also pose safety hazards to consumers, while all illegal activity undercuts the regulated market and hurts licensed cannabis business owners. The operation included 24 search warrants, served […]
YPD Detains Arsonist While CalFire Investigates
CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Officers make an Arrest CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Officers, in collaboration with the Yreka Police Department, successfully apprehended an individual suspected of arson, resulting in the arrest. The suspect’s actions were determined to be the cause of the fire. Suzy Brady, CalFire PIO Yreka, CA -At […]
Siskiyou Asian American Community Celebrates Restored Human Right to Water
After Recent Settlement Agreement, Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors Repeals Discriminatory Water Ordinances Class Action Against County’s Sweeping Persecution Campaign Continues YREKA, Calif. – Two years after Siskiyou County enacted a series of targeted ordinancesthat deprived thousands of Hmong American, Chinese American, and other Asian American residents of basic water for […]
Curtailment Violations ~ Innumerable Illegal Commercial Cannabis Operations
Press Release: SCCAM-Shasta, Siskiyou, and Lassen County Citizens Against Marijuana Current letter from team member in Siskiyou County California, the epicenter of illegal marijuana production in the United States. Erik Ekdahl, Deputy Director, [email protected] Joaquin Esquivel, [email protected] Julé Rizzardo, Assistant Deputy Director, [email protected] Roberto Cervantes, Office of Enforcement, [email protected] Mayumi […]
A Long Time Coming
The world’s largest dam removal project to free the Klamath River A Featured CALTROUT.ORG Article The Yurok Tribe has lived along the Klamath River in northwestern California since time immemorial. Over one hundred years ago, five hydroelectric dams were constructed on the river, impeding fish passage and disrupting the waterway’s natural […]
