SANTA MARIA, Calif. - This week's rainstorm is a welcome sight for many on the Central Coast, especially for firefighters and ...

The pile burning project, known as Plantation Thin, was initiated 8:14 a.m. Jan. 13 in Humboldt County. The prescribed fire ...

Urban ash from the California wildfires that has settled across the state has now been found more than 100 miles offshore.

Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire proposed that state firefighters work full time in place of the seasonal workforce the agency currently staffs for nine months each year.

The US Forest Service is fighting to keep in place a plan to raze the equivalent of 500 Central Parks in California’s forests ...

With city and state officials moving to ensure speedy approvals for projects to rebuild areas devastated by the wildfires in Los Angeles, California’s lawmakers are being urged to expedite rules for ...

While some Angelenos cast around for someone to blame, a whole cooperative emergency-response system whirred to life.

And in December, the U.S. Department of Justice added to PacifiCorp’s legal woes. The feds filed a $900 million civil lawsuit, claiming the utility’s negligence caused a different 2020 fire in ...

The Cortez Fire Protection District recently presented at the Cortez City Council work session, an hour before their regular ...

California State Parks plans to resume prescribed pile-burning in the northern portion of the Forest of Nisene Marks State ...

Both Republicans and Democrats have filed several bills this session related to wildfires in the wake of the massive deadly ...

With the continuing potential for a wildland fire, elevated fire restrictions will remain in effect for the Santa Barbara, Ojai and Santa Lucia Ranger ...