(Sacramento, CA) — The summer fire season is here. Cal Fire says it’s upping its staffing to peak levels in Northern California. Firefighters will be on standby with a heat wave in the forecast for the upcoming holiday weekend. It could reach triple digits in the Sacramento area for the first time since last summer.
Monday was also the end of permitted residential burning for the summer in Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Sutter and Yuba counties.