Training in advance was prescient for helicopter crews who battled the recent Los Angeles wildfires, which devastated the region during what typically is the offseason for California forest fires.

Ruben Vasquez was arrested Friday on two counts of felony arson charges and taken to the Vista Detention Facility.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection this week released new fire hazard severity zone maps for dozens of inland Northern California cities and towns — the first updates to ...

AUBURN – There are new changes to wildfire danger zones in California. Cal Fire is increasing areas across the state it now deems very high severity zones for wildfire by hundreds of thousands ...

"Investigators suspect that the victim knew the perpetrator," police said. A fire captain in California has been killed in her own home after being stabbed multiple times in what authorities ...

"Fire can travel through that a lot faster, and it produces a lot of heat that sometimes we can be close to," said Fresno County CAL FIRE spokesman, Gary Couch. Grass is fuel to flames. Couch ...

You can get in touch with Giulia by emailing: [email protected]. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire, released new draft maps this week showing fire ...

Within a few hours, 160 acres were cleared. About 160 acres of grassland on the Barona reservation was cleared by fire in early December. Cal Fire officials hope other local reservations will be ...

A Cal Fire UH-1H Super Huey delivers water by bucket to the scene of a wildfire. Credit: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Training in advance was prescient for ...

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which assess the likelihood of wildfire behavior in local ...