Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for dozens of cities and towns in inland Northern California. All but one saw an ...

About 3,000 seasonal firefighters with Cal Fire could soon work year-round as climate change fuels more intense wildfires in California. The cost? At least $175 million annually. That proposal is ...

Firefighters from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection battle the Sugar fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex fire, in Doyle, Calif., in 2021. (Noah Berger / Associated Press) ...

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Weeks after the devastating California wildfires, wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen because of President Donald Trump's Jan. 20 federal ...

February 15, 2025 – CAL FIRE officials show how traditional tribal fire practices benefit, restore, and strengthen the land. For millennia, California Indigenous communities have used cultural ...

PLACER COUNTY, Calif. --On Saturday video was released by CAL FIRE of Monday's mine-shaft rescue. A 16-year-old boy found himself stuck down a vertical mine shaft when he and his buddies were out ...

both advocate for a more sophisticated understanding of fire and the ecosystems that foster urban and wildland blazes. Fire is so often viewed as a crisis and emergency that it is divorced from ...

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. – The CAL FIRE Butte County Swiftwater Rescue team jumped into action to rescue two 8-month-old huskies on its one-of-a-kind call. "We were all super happy that it went smoothly ...

See the full forecast here. An interactive map from Cal Fire gives a look at current weather and fire conditions across the state. The map also outlines evacuation warnings and orders near ...