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A 57-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of starting the 2018 Delta Fire in Shasta County that burned more than 63,000 acres, destroyed 20 homes and injured two people, authorities said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The 2020 Markley Fire in Solano County that killed two people and eventually became part of the deadly LNU Lightning Complex was allegedly started by a man covering up a murder, authorities said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Oakland police are investigating as homicides the deaths of an Oakland man and his 1-year-old daughter in a house fire early Saturday, and said the suspected arson could be the latest in a string of crimes in the city that may be related. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Redwood City police have released the photo of man suspected of lighting a car on fire as they continue their hunt in an arson investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $50,000 to anyone who has information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for an arson that burned a San Francisco church in September. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The FBI has joined the San Francisco police investigation into an arson fire that engulfed an Armenian cultural center in September, one of a spate of apparent hate crimes targeting San Francisco's Armenian community, officials announced Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A fire that burned the parish offices of the St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church in the early-morning hours has rattled members of San Francisco's Armenian community, some of whom are calling the incident an act of arson. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A large wildfire burning along the Monterey County coast near Big Sur may be the result of arson somehow related to an illegal cannabis grow. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Berkeley police have arrested a woman suspected of setting fire to a trash bin behind a synagogue - and across the street from a church that was the target of a similar fire in late July. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A 37-year-old homeless man seen running from a small brush fire was arrested and booked for arson Friday night in Walnut Creek, police said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Hours after the prominent Black pastor of a Berkeley congregation hung a Black Lives Matter banner above the building's entryway, an arsonist set a fire that left scorch marks on the church - leaving the community to wonder whether the two were connected. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A 61-year-old Larkspur man was arrested Saturday and was being held on $250,000 bail in connection with a string of suspicious fires in the Larkspur area, authorities said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A 29-year-old man who allegedly set afire the Vallejo garage of his former girlfriend has been booked on suspicion of arson and attempted murder, police said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Authorities in San Jose are investigating two suspicious devices found in an apartment building's carport after a small fire was extinguished there on New Year's Eve. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A 42-year-old man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of arson after eight small fires broke out in Hayward, according to police. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The man convicted of arson in a building fire in the East Bay was sentenced to five years in prison Monday, ending one case in a string of mysterious construction-site blazes that continues to haunt area developers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An Oroville man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly setting multiple fires on Butte County forest land, officials said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A 26-year-old man suspected of starting wildland fires in Redding and throughout Shasta County has been arrested, authorities said Friday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A Missouri man was arrested this week on suspicion of starting multiple wildfires on forest land in Santa Clara County, officials said Wednesday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Police on Tuesday arrested a male juvenile suspected of starting a fire that destroyed an Alameda playground, authorities said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An Oakland man accused of setting one of a string of construction fires across the East Bay has pleaded guilty to a single count of arson, though the agreement offers little clarity into the suspicious blazes that plagued developers and spawned theories of political terrorism. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Oakland man accused of setting fire to an East Bay housing project - one in a series of blazes that have incinerated large-scale developments over the past few years - pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony arson, moving the case forward to a trial judge on a single charge. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]