UPDATE June 17, 10:28 p.m. Cal Fire downgraded evacuation orders for the Ranch Place fire in East San Jose to Evacuation warnings Tuesday night. As of 10:15 p.m., the fire was 75% contained after ...

SJFD activates Genasys Protect app just before Ranch Place Fire sparks in San Jose hills. SJFD says the new Genasys Protect application is a helpful tool for very targeted evacuation orders.

The fire department said the fire in the area of the 3500 block of Ranch Place at Old Piedmont Road in East San Jose started just after 4 p.m. You can see a map of the earlier evacuation zones here .

A vegetation fire reported on Highway 166 east of Sycamore Creek, just west of Rock Front Ranch, has forced the closure of ...