A spring kickoff with bulldozers and beer hints at the hands-on experience thousands of children enjoy.
The Jakes Fire remains under investigation while Adobe Mountain was started by lightning, earlier this month.
Dozers & Dirt offers kids of all ages a chance to get on a big rig and drive heavy equipment.
For the past nine months, Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD) have been using two bulldozers for fire containment. They are the only ones in Washoe County to have those machines.
The American Cancer Society will host its fall fundraiser, known as the 'Big Dig', Saturday at the Rilite Aggregate haul pit.
This event allows children, some currently battling pediatric cancer, to get hands on with big trucks and tractors. It's a first time experience and rare opportunity for kids to drive and operate bulldozers, haul trucks, excavators, and many other pieces of heavy equipment.
Crews working around the clock took advantage of cooler overnight weather as they braced for a spike in daytime temperatures near California's Big Sur where a wildfire has destroyed 34 homes and killed a bulldozer driver working to contain the blaze.
Placer County Sheriff’s detectives say they have recovered around $800,000 in stolen vehicles from a rural property in rural Northern California.