19+ hour, 43+ min ago   (346+ words) The Lucas fire as mapped by Cal Fire late on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. Courtesy image. LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Firefighters on Saturday made containment gains on the Lucas fire above Upper Lake, while officials are planning a Sunday evening community meeting to…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (288+ words) LAKE COUNTY NEWS REPORTS LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the county’s Emergency Operations Center, or EOC, has been activated in response to the Lucas fire, which is affecting the Mendocino National Forest and the Bachelor Valley…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (277+ words) LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A fire on the border of Lake and Mendocino counties has prompted a call for evacuations. Cal Fire reported that the Lucas fire began at 9:18 a.m. Thursday in Potter Valley in Mendocino County, near the line with…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (203+ words) LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Saturday’s 250th Independence Day celebration included a full day of events that was capped off with a nighttime flurry of emergency calls. Full day festivals took place on both Clearlake and Lakeport on Saturday. In Clearlake, there was…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (840+ words) “Temperature is 69 degrees. Relative humidity is 48%. Winds from the south, 2-3 miles per hour. High Glade,” said Annelle Durham as she lowered the radio, a callout eight years in the making. In 2018, the 85-year-old High Glade fire lookout tower burned to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (574+ words) Wildfires once ran on deadlines. After a series of catastrophic blazes in the early 20th century, the U.S. Forest Service sought to show it was able to control and protect forests under its care. In 1933, the agency mandated the “10 a.m. rule,” declaring…...