Tag Archives: 'fire'

• Grass Valley Fire

  It smells like one big campfire in the Bay Area; it reminds me of Tahoe actually. The Grass Valley fire is around twenty minutes from our house. We noticed it on Saturday afternoon (when the temperature was over 100 degrees, and the conditions were extremely dry). The resulting smoke makes for unreal sunsets, but that [...]

• View From My Window

  The view from my office window is the Berkeley Hills, and right now, there is a small brush fire along Highway 24 near the Caldecott tunnel. The fire — which currently lies directly downslope of a series of condominiums — started around 11:30am, and helicopters have been swarming and pouring water for the last hour. [...]