Cal Fire Plane at Sonoma Air Attack Base and Boggs Mountain Helitack Base (Cal Fire)
Firefighters say rising temperatures in the Bay Area could trigger an early start to wildfire season. In the North Bay, many people flocked to the beach Thursday to beat the heat. Fire officials say those warm temperatures along with steady breezes has them on high alert. CAL FIRE seasonal firefighting aircraft have been placed back at Sonoma Air Base on the ready. Fire officials say steady rainfall has slowed many hillsides from drying up, but warmer than normal temperatures could speed up that timeline.