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The Associated Press Wildfires are tearing through some hot, drought- stricken areas of the West. They include a massive blaze in a remote area and some smaller but dangerous fires. Here's a look at the lat- est hotspots and what crews are doing to control them. NorthernCalifornia Air tankers and helicop- ters helped hundreds of firefighters battle a wild- fire south of Lake Tahoe that grown to more than 25 square miles. No structures have been damaged, but the California mountain town of Marklee- ville remained on standby for possible evacuations Tuesday. Several camp- grounds along a highway have been evacuated. One firefighter had a heat-related injury but was treated and is recovering. Strong erratic winds and severe drought conditions have stoked the fire that was ignited by lightning Friday. About 500 person- nel battled the blaze about 20 miles west of the Nevada border. Southern California Cooler weather helped crews make progress against a huge forest fire in a remote area of the San Bernardino Mountains. The fire about 90 miles east of Los Angeles was partially contained and holding steady at about 27 square miles as firefighters attacked the flames with a fleet of water-dropping air- craft. About 500 buildings, in- cluding old cabins, had been threatened, but none was lost. The flames forced several hundred people to leave camps and vacation homes. Another blaze near Santa Margarita in central Cali- fornia burned two homes, four mobile homes and two recreational vehicles that people lived in. The fire burned less than 3 square miles, along with 10 other buildings, seven vehicles, a boat and a trailer. It was mostly contained. Alaska Intensifying wildfires are leading to evacuations in several areas of Alaska, in- cluding a tiny village where residents fled on boats. Officials say 57 new fires ignited in the state Monday, many of them in the hot, dry interior. Altogether, 238 fires are burning across nearly 498 square miles. A small fire grew to more than a square mile in size just outside the Yukon River village of Nulato, prompt- ing evacuations Monday evening from the Athabas- can community of 250 peo- ple. Lifelong resident Monica Ambrose-Fruehan says the airport was too smoky for air evacuations, so residents traveled 36 miles by boat to another village. Fire managers say they have requested additional crews. Oregon Two wildfires are burn- ing in Oregon, including one in the southwest that grew to nearly 8 square miles even as firefighters got it halfway contained. Incident commander Doug Johnson says crews will spend Tuesday com- pleting burnout opera- tions, with helicopters do- ing bucket drops on the Rogue-River Siskiyou Na- tional Forest. Johnson says a heat wave expected to bring triple- digit temperatures to the region will test the efforts in the coming days. Almost 500 personnel fought the blaze started by lightning June 11. Crews also worked to contain a 175-acre wildfire south of the Succor Creek State Natural Area in east- ern Oregon. Its cause has not been determined, and there's no estimate for when it might be contained. Washington Helicopters helped battle a wildfire in rugged terrain in Olympic National Park in northwest Washington. The U.S. Forest Service said 18 firefighters and two helicopters performing wa- ter drops tried Monday to slow the progress of the blaze on the north side of the Queets River. It had burned more than 400 acres, but officials said smoke hampered their ef- fort to get an accurate mea- surement of its size. DROUGHT-STRICKENAREAS Firefightersbattlingblazesin4Westernstates SGT.BALINDAO'NEAL—U.S.ARMYNATIONALGUARD A "Bambi Bucket," hanging from an ANG Black Hawk helicopter releases hundreds of gallons of water onto the Stetson Creek Fire near Cooper Landing, Alaska. Washington 87/70 New York 84/68 Miami 92/80 Atlanta 95/77 Detroit 80/61 Houston 93/73 Chicago 79/ 63 Minneapolis 83/64 Kansas City 92/75 El Paso 89/72 Denver 86/61 Billings 85/61 Los Angeles 82/63 San Francisco 69/54 Seattle 81/59 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans: 0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: THURSDAY 110° 75° FRIDAY 109° 74° Ve ry ho t Very hot with blazing sunshine SATURDAY 104° 71° Pa rtly sunn y and ho t SUNDAY 102° 70° Pa rtly sunn y and ho t TODAY 105° 71° Sunny and hot. Clear tonight. High ....................................................................... 99° Low ........................................................................ 63° Normal high ......................................................... 92° Normal low ........................................................... 63° Record high ........................................... 112° in 2006 Record low .............................................. 52° in 1943 Humidity noon today ........................................ 19% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.01" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.41" Season to date ................................................ 19.98" Normal season to date .................................. 24.45" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ................................................... Moderate Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ....................... Low Mold .........................Low Trees ....................... Low Weeds ..................... Low 8 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 5:41 a.m. 8:42 p.m. 1:35 p.m. 1:01 a.m. Thursday 5:41 a.m. 8:42 p.m. 2:32 p.m. 1:30 a.m. 15 hr., 01 min. Jun24 First Jul1 Full Last Jul8 New Jul15 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........2.40 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......128.84 ......+0.04 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.39 ....... -0.01 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.50 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.20 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.99 ....... -0.01 BlackButte ....................455.99..............70,712 .....49.2% LakeOroville..................724.73.........1,453,218 .....38.9% LakeShasta ...................971.34.........2,250,929 .....49.4% LakeTrinity..................2250.26............957,388 .....36.2% Whiskeytown...............1208.99............237,863 .....98.7% Weather Trivia ™ What is the earliest account of a tornado in North America? A colonist described an intense whirlwind in 1643 in Massachusetts. Today Thursday Anaheim 85/61/s 84/62/s Bakersfield 100/71/s 106/74/s Chula Vista 75/61/pc 75/62/pc Crescent City 60/52/pc 63/53/pc Death Valley 114/78/s 116/82/s Eureka 60/51/pc 63/52/pc Fremont 76/56/s 87/59/pc Fresno 100/70/s 105/73/s Glendale 86/60/s 86/61/s Huntington Beach 73/62/pc 73/62/pc Irvine 79/61/pc 78/61/pc Lake Tahoe 84/45/s 87/49/t Long Beach 80/64/pc 79/64/pc Los Angeles 82/63/s 81/63/s Mammoth Mountain 87/45/s 88/48/t Modesto 97/66/s 104/71/s Monterey 64/52/pc 70/55/pc Moreno Valley 97/58/s 98/60/s Napa 79/53/s 86/55/pc Needles 115/87/s 117/90/s Oakland 70/55/pc 77/57/pc Oxnard 73/60/s 71/61/s Redding 108/73/s 112/74/s Riverside 96/60/s 97/62/s Sacramento 96/62/s 103/65/s San Bernardino 97/58/s 99/60/s San Diego 73/65/pc 74/65/pc San Francisco 69/54/pc 76/57/pc San Jose 79/57/s 86/61/pc San Luis Obispo 74/53/pc 77/54/pc Santa Ana 77/64/pc 77/64/pc Santa Barbara 73/58/s 71/57/s Santa Clarita 93/62/s 94/63/s Stockton 96/60/s 103/64/s Ventura 73/59/s 71/59/s Yosemite Valley 93/62/s 97/65/s Today Thursday Albuquerque 90/68/t 93/69/pc Atlanta 95/77/pc 94/75/t Baltimore 85/63/s 85/65/t Boston 80/62/s 79/61/pc Buffalo 73/59/s 74/57/t Chicago 79/63/c 72/57/t Cincinnati 83/62/c 87/67/t Dallas 94/75/s 94/75/s Denver 86/61/pc 85/59/t Detroit 80/61/pc 72/60/t El Paso 89/72/t 94/74/t Fargo 78/57/t 80/57/pc Honolulu 88/75/s 88/75/s Houston 93/73/pc 89/75/t Indianapolis 81/65/c 83/66/t Kansas City 92/75/c 88/68/t Las Vegas 109/82/s 111/84/s Louisville 87/68/pc 94/72/t Miami 92/80/pc 92/79/pc Minneapolis 83/64/t 80/62/c New Orleans 93/77/t 92/77/t New York City 84/68/s 83/66/pc Oklahoma City 93/71/s 93/72/s A pocket of cool air with low humidity and sunshine will stretch from the central Great Lakes to New England and the upper part of the mid- Atlantic today. Meanwhile, very hot and humid air will hold in the Southeastern states under blazing sunshine. AccuWeather RealFeel(R) Temperatures will approach 110 F in many areas from part of North Carolina to Florida, westward to Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Actual highs will be well into the 90s to near 100 F. Farther west, another dis- turbance will trigger a complex of thunderstorms from the northern Plains to part of the Midwest. High .............................. 112° in Blythe, CA Low .................. 29° in Boca Reservoir, CA High ................. 119° in Qarn Alam, Oman Low ............ 7° in Maquinchao, Argentina Bogota 65/48/t 64/50/sh Buenos Aires 57/52/s 63/57/pc Caracas 88/77/t 89/75/pc Ensenada 80/61/pc 79/62/pc Mexico City 73/54/t 74/55/t Montreal 74/51/s 73/54/s Rio de Janeiro 71/63/sh 70/63/c Tijuana 78/61/pc 75/64/pc Toronto 78/58/s 74/57/pc Vancouver 72/58/c 74/59/sh Orlando 92/74/t 93/74/t Philadelphia 87/67/s 85/67/t Phoenix 113/88/pc 112/88/pc Pittsburgh 79/57/pc 73/59/t Portland, ME 80/57/s 78/53/pc Portland, OR 86/62/pc 90/64/s St. Louis 90/78/t 94/73/t Salt Lake City 96/68/s 98/68/s Seattle 81/59/pc 85/61/s Tucson 106/79/pc 104/79/t Washington, DC 87/70/s 87/69/t Cairo 89/67/s 90/70/s Casablanca 76/61/pc 79/65/s Johannesburg 65/43/s 66/42/s Kinshasa 85/69/s 83/66/s Lagos 84/75/t 82/74/t Nairobi 75/57/pc 76/55/c Tripoli 104/82/s 95/69/s Baghdad 106/77/s 102/77/s Beijing 89/68/pc 86/69/c Hong Kong 92/84/r 92/83/r Jerusalem 78/60/s 78/63/s Kabul 84/55/s 85/54/s Manila 91/78/t 90/79/t Melbourne 60/45/sh 57/43/pc New Delhi 95/76/t 84/75/t Seoul 85/67/c 86/68/pc Singapore 89/81/t 89/80/t Sydney 68/53/pc 64/51/sh Tehran 98/79/s 100/81/s Tokyo 81/69/pc 81/70/s Amsterdam 67/57/pc 69/57/c Athens 84/68/s 85/68/s Belgrade 67/51/r 74/54/pc Berlin 62/54/c 72/57/c Budapest 69/50/c 76/53/c Dublin 67/54/c 67/54/c London 73/55/pc 75/58/pc Madrid 88/63/pc 92/65/s Moscow 79/57/s 77/59/c Paris 74/54/s 81/59/pc Rome 79/61/t 82/60/s Stockholm 64/52/r 67/51/c Vienna 68/51/c 73/54/pc Zurich 70/48/s 76/52/pc 94/57 98/58 99/62 97/61 99/58 96/62 99/66 79/53 95/57 98/70 102/71 89/53 92/50 95/55 108/73 105/71 89/61 67/56 69/55 60/51 84/53 91/56 93/57 60/52 92/59 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 741 Main Street, Suite #2 Red Bluff, CA 96080 1-800-287-2187 (530) 527-2187 For Over 100 Years Coldwell Banker Has Helped People Find A Home. 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