Update: A newer report on Garnet has details of Sept. 1 evacuation. On the eve of Labor Day weekend, a wildfire prompted the closure of a popular recreational area in the Sierra National Forest east ...

Now in its third week, the Garnet Fire continues to challenge firefighters, exceeding 50,000 acres and reaching a grove of ancient sequoias in the national forest. Historic Oakland Camron-Stanford ...

Embers spat out by the Garnet Fire overnight Sunday ignited small fires that were still smoldering Wednesday in the high branches of several trees in a cherished grove of iconic giant sequoias in the ...