California's Rim Fire: Behind The Headlines - Paperback

by B. J. Hansen (Author)

The Rim Fire of 2013 in the Stanislaus National Forest had all the ingredients of a perfect drama, and that is why it became an international news story. It was an out-of-control raging fire that put thousands of homes at risk, ripped through portions of Yosemite National Park, and created concerns about the water supply for San Francisco. "California's Rim Fire: Behind The Headlines" is the culmination of in-depth interviews with several of the key players that responded to the fire and community members impacted. It is designed to paint a clear picture, for the first time, of the early efforts to stop the fire when it was only a couple of hundred acres. It also details what led to its explosive growth, the controversial investigation into the cause, how a community rallied together, and the divisive political debates it ignited.

Author Biography

As the News Director of the only three radio stations based in Tuolumne County, B.J. Hansen had an inside view of the Rim Fire. A native Midwesterner, he has been reporting on California's Mother Lode region, and Sierra Nevada, for nearly a decade.