Wildfire County Coordinator Alessandra Zambrano spoke at a press conference at the State Capitol, addressing California’s ...

Two months after the anniversary of the devastating Southern California firestorms, several legislators at the state Capitol ...

We know mitigation works. Homes with fire-resistant roofs, ember-resistant vents and adequate defensible space are far more likely to survive wildfires. A 2025 study from UC Berkeley found that the ...

The state Department of Natural Resources may not own a crystal ball, but last year it certainly seemed as if it could ...

Overall, California’s response has faltered under Newsom. After an initial jump during his first year in office, data obtained by CapRadio and NPR’s California Newsroom show Cal Fire’s fuel reduction ...

Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBCFD) has received a grant for the Santa Barbara Vegetation Management Program (VMP) and Ignition Prevention Project, where SBCFD will serve as the lead agency.

Lightning-sparked fires can be a big deal: The Canadian wildfires of 2023 generated nearly 500 million metric tons of carbon emissions, and lightning-started fires burned 93% of the area affected.

A year ago, Los Angeles was hit by two of the most destructive wildfires in California history—the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire in Altadena, which forced me to evacuate my ...

OROVILLE — New regulations on defensible space around homes are inbound from the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection that will tighten rules for homeowners in areas designated as having ...

Following a sometimes fiery debate, the California Assembly passed a resolution Thursday that asks the federal government to fund more wildfire relief in Los Angeles County.

LOS ANGELES — In a case that calls into question plant clearing techniques that have become fundamental to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, the San Diego ...

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