Residents and State Route 79 motorists in the Descanso area may see and smell smoke Wednesday, according to officials with ...

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

The California Public Utilities Commission has modified General Order 167 to add new safety standards for battery energy ...

Changing weather patterns mean burning forests present an ever-bigger threat to communities around the world. What new ...

People and planes often flag wildfires before satellites do, but satellites can play a critical role when it comes to ...

CHICO, Calif. - You may have seen air tankers flying out of the Chico airport. That's because aerial firefighters train from the Chico hangar to prepare for wildfires. Now is the time for crews are ...

In the shadow of the Hillcrest Pride flag on Sunday, friends lined up their motorcycles to start a memorial ride to Ramona.

Leading into the much-anticipated release of the state’s mapping of high fire severity zones, Menlo Park and Atherton fire, ...

No home is fireproof, but Steven and Nancy Girmant’s home in the hills of Topanga Canyon is close. “We just want everyone to ...

In new fire hazard severity maps released last week by state fire officials, Oakland saw a significant reduction in its “very high” hazard zone and a 32% reduction in overall hazard average. The maps, ...

“You started seeing high-net-worth folks making phone calls,” Jess Wills, president of Firestorm Wildland Fire Suppression ... a spokesperson for Cal Fire on the Palisades Fire told CalMatters.org. Oh ...

Cal Fire’s updated maps will add 1.4 million acres to zones requiring stricter fire safety regulations, including parts of San Joaquin County around Tracy and Mountain House. The new maps ...