and the lessons learned from the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm. "It came over the crest," Elizabeth Stage said on Monday. She has lived in the Oakland hills for 40 years, and remembers the Oakland ...

Elizabeth Stage, president of the Oakland Fire Safe Council, talks about the 1991 Oakland Firestorm/Tunnel Fire, in her home on Alvarado Road, above Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Monday, Jan.

Oakland's Fire Chief Damon Covington says many changes made since the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm are helping to protect the ...

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 ...

Not since the Oakland Hills fire of 1991 that killed 25 people and destroyed ... communications and a coordinated response to the firestorm, and vegetation, overgrown without strict city ...

Faced with more drought and increasingly frequent wildfires, Southern Californians have been encouraged, for years, to rip ...

The Berkeley fire chief says the images we're seeing out of Southern California are a grim reminder of what can happen locally. Some areas like Oakland and Berkeley Hill have similar topography ...

Station 25 is about 3 miles away from where the deadly 1991 Oakland firestorm took place. "I’m concerned because the fire department’s a vital resource to have, especially with all the forests ...

He also responded to major emergencies, including the Oakland Firestorm of 1991, an event that left a deep impression on him. He often shared lessons from that day with his family and community.

Oakland sent 12 firefighters to join an East ... abundant vegetation and memories of the 1991 firestorm have created an ominous atmosphere. “People are really learning in real time through ...