Just as the Camp Fire displaced around 50,000 people in Butte County, the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, Hurst, Lidia and Sunset fires have left thousands of people without a home in Southern California.

A trip to the top at sunset can be particularly rewarding. Pilot Butte is generally open from sunrise to sunset and sits off Highway 20, known as Greenwood Avenue in town. There is no fee or ...