Yreka

The city of Yreka is going to hire six full-time firefighters to help its volunteer department.

This year, a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court gave cities the power to clear homeless encampments. In Yreka, authorities decided to wait until those removed had a place to go. They’re still waiting.

Voters in Northern California’s Yreka will be voting on an increase to their sales tax that will bring in paid firefighters to the city’s fire department.

The June U.S. Supreme Court ruling frees up cities to enforce their public camping rules. Many are now reviewing those regulations.

The volunteer fire department in Yreka, California is in desperate need of upgrades. The city is considering a 1% sales tax to put on the November ballot that could help alleviate staffing and facility issues.

Yreka’s all-volunteer fire department is struggling to attract new firefighters, and the ones they already have are getting burned out from a dramatic increase in calls. The city is looking at what it would take to fund full-time firefighters instead.

A new disaster relief center in Yreka will offer financial help to McKinney Fire Survivors starting on Tuesday.

Yreka is extending last year’s ban on fireworks through the summer, in expectation of an active fire season this year.

Before being named Yreka, the Northern California settlement was known as Shasta Butte City, a conglomeration of little more than shanties, brush huts,…

In 1865, Yreka, Calif., celebrated several Union victories in the far-off Civil War.When news reached the mining town that Union forces had captured…

The early settlers of Yreka quickly learned to fear fire and its catastrophic effects.Their first experience was when a fire in 1852, only a year after…

Like many other gold rush communities in Northern California, Yreka had a substantial Chinese community complete with gaming houses, shops, washhouses,…