A drive through the narrow roads of the Oakland Hills shows how difficult it can be to evacuate during a natural disaster. "In this neighborhood, I think they are taking it seriously and that they ...

Oakland Fire Lt. Matt Amormino rode shotgun in his fire engine, past the burned-out vehicles and eucalyptus-studded East Bay hills that make Fire Station 21’s expansive coverage area a year-round ...

Jacqueline Brown remembers all too well the devastation the Oakland Hills fire caused in 1991. Not only was her family home and entire neighborhood leveled, but her next-door neighbors were killed ...

Delaine Sims, who lost her Oakland Hills home to a brush fire in October ... think tank and support for each other," Sims said. Sims' neighborhood is in one of the two fire districts temporarily ...

“Historically, the portion of the Oakland Hills that burned during the firestorm in ‘91 ... one arsonist or one careless person can just destroy a whole neighborhood and kill people. Because when it’s ...

An early-morning fire on Wednesday destroyed a home in the Cabot Park area of the Oakland hills. What used to ... on Lochard Street in the Chabot Park neighborhood was on fire.

The terrain of the Oakland Hills is very similar to the area burning ... They are concerned that their neighborhood will be dealing with a longer response if disaster ever strikes.

The two fire stations in the Oakland Hills, Station No. 25 on Butters Drive ... 10 on Santa Clara Avenue in the city's Grand Lake neighborhood will also remain closed because of the cuts, while ...

A woman was wounded after an assault and a gunman who later kept police at bay died by suicide in an incident in Farmington ...

His neighborhood burned in the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm, an experience that has many aware of the constant wildfire threat. He believes the city is doing also a lot, like the annual home ...