Prison inmates help with this dangerous work but can’t do it after their release.

But his life took a different turn at the age of 25, when he was sentenced to more than two decades in prison for being an ...

A suspect identified in the killing of a Cal Fire captain in San Diego County previously served time in state prison for ...

The Marshall Project spotlights some of the incarcerated firefighters doing one of the riskiest, lowest-paying, but ...

California legislators came together on Monday to announce bipartisan legislation to strengthen penalties for looting and ...

San Diego Sheriff's Office identifies Yolanda Olejniczak as a suspect in the murder of Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi. They've ...

Los Angeles’s latest wildfires have reduced communities to ashes and highlighted one of the government’s counterproductive tendencies: barring qualified people from helping their communities ...

A suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Cal Fire captain in San Diego County was identified by sheriff's officials Thursday, who ...

AB 469 seeks to close loopholes and strengthen sentences for looting and fake first responders in disaster zones.

Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin coauthored proposed legislation that aims to strengthen laws on looting, other matters during fires and other emergencies.

A former Brampton fire captain has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years for killing his ...

Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.