Big Basin State Park - A First View After The Fire

The Big Basin Redwoods State Park Headquarters & Visitor Center is burned to the ground during a blaze in Boulder Creek, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)

A reporter and photographer hiked into California’s oldest state park to survey the devastation. An exclusive from The Mercury News.

Read the full story and see many more photos of the devastation.