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YREKA, Calif. - A puppy was found wandering among the debris left by the raging McKinney Fire in Northern California, which had been hanging out near a home destroyed by the blaze.AIO Filmz photographer Jonathan Rivas filmed the encounter on Saturday, as he showed the destruction of the state's largest wildfire burning near the Klamath River in Siskiyou County. Rivas said he brought the black-and-white pup to the Rescue Ranch adoption center in the city of Yreka.MORE: 2 found dead in car as crews battle largest California wildfire in Siskiyou CountyIn a post on Facebook, the facility said on Sunday that it had taken in roughly 140 fire dogs in less than 48 hours. This story was reported in Oakland, Calif.  

YREKA, Calif. - A U.S. Forest Service fire lookout of 50 years died when she didn't heed advice to leave her home, which was overtaken by the McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County, officials said. Kathy Shoopman, 74, died July 29 at her Klamath River home.

YREKA, Calif. - Two people were found dead inside a car in a driveway in Siskiyou County, the sheriff announced Monday, as crews were battling California's largest wildfire in Northern California's Klamath National Forest. The sheriff tweeted that the pair were found along Doggett Creek Road near Highway 96, west of the Klamath River. No other details were released. The McKinney Fire has been burning out of control just south of the Oregon state line, said U.S.

This undated photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife shows two rescued bear cubs. California wildlife officials say a Northern California man who admitted to taking the two bear cubs from their den in 2019 and notified offici SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Northern California man who admitted to taking two bear cubs from their den and notified officials after he was unable to care for them pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited species, wildlife officials said.Cody Dylon Setzer, 29, and a co-worker who has not been identified and cooperated with authorities took the month-old bears from their den in a tree that had fallen across a forest road, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday.Setzer contacted wildlife officers on March 9, 2019, and told them he had found the baby bears along Highway 263 north of Yreka in Siskiyou County, the department said.But wildlife officers became suspicious of his story after they went out to the site and found no bear tracks or habitat."Bear cubs are 100% dependent upon the sow and if they had been wondering on their own they wouldn’t have survived," said Capt.

Lassen pack wolf pups in 2017. (Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife) SAN FRANCISCO - Two of the three wolf families in California had new pups this year, according to a report published by the California Department of Fish and Game. Both the Lassen pack, from the Lassen and Plumas counties, and the Whaleback pack, from eastern Siskiyou County, have produced at least six pups apiece, according to the report, which was published in July. "We’re over the moon knowing that for the first time in more than 100 years, California has at least two wolf packs with pups.

WEED, Calif. - Northern California officers shot and killed a man who pulled a gun as they tried to keep him out of a complex of marijuana farms in an area under evacuation orders as a raging wildfire threatened communities, a sheriff said.Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue told The Sacramento Bee the man was trying to drive into the Mount Shasta Vista subdivision on Monday and pointed a handgun at the group of officers that included a sheriff’s deputy and local police."Based upon preliminary information, it appears that there might have been a couple of rounds fired from the suspect’s firearm," LaRue said.The officers killed the man, who was not immediately identified.The subdivision has been converted into a huge network of marijuana