California’s next-largest member of the club ... economy had 2.7% growth (No. 27). Bay Area hit hard by federal job cuts Letters: San Mateo County’s return to death penalty is wrong Downtown ...

Butte County, home to about 210,000 ... in the ranks of the largest fires in California history — it is now the fourth largest and has spanned an area roughly 14 times the size of San Francisco.

The Park Fire is the largest wildfire in the state this year and the fifth-largest wildfire in California ... four counties in addition to Lassen County. The fire has scorched an area more than ...