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.

Late on the night of Tuesday, 22 October 1991, long-time friend Greg called and said simply, "We lost the house." Greg and his father had built, largely by hand, a beautiful house with a 270-degree ...

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 ...

Oakland's Fire Chief Damon Covington says many changes made since the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm are helping to protect the city from the type of fires seen in Los Angeles this past week.