(The Clover Fire, Backcountry Sequoia National Forest, from US 395, June 22, 2008. Photo: Steve Hyman, LA Times) "The fire has burned about 4,000 acres," writes Steve Hyman on his Bottleneck Blog for the LA Times, "and grew big enough that the U.S. Forest Service had to divert hikers from the Pacific Crest Trail over the weekend."
Smoke continued to clog the skies across the Eastside of the Sierra into Tuesday.