Volunteerism across the fire districts has deep roots, dating to the 1700s, when fighting fires fell on the shoulders of residents living in their communities, according to a 2019 report created by ...

Faced with abandonment from the state, rural residents built their own fire lines, shelters, and support systems.

Detectives arrested two Humboldt County men on homicide charges a few weeks after authorities found two bodies with gunshot wounds inside a burned car along a Northern California rural road ...

Authorities say seven people are missing following an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in rural Northern California that ...

At 10:53 a.m., the California Highway Patrol’s office in Humboldt County was “flooded with 911 calls” as locals drove by the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Seven people remained unaccounted for today as investigators and fire crews continued assessing hazards ...

A Northern California county may lose its only hospital. How a dispute over roads is endangering it. Skip to content Skip to footer. ... a 25-bed hospital in the rural agricultural town of Willows ...