Cal Fire’s total base wildfire protection budget has nearly tripled over the past 10 years, from $1.1 billion in 2014‑15 to ...

Reduction to an extra sum for fire resilience drew outrage while the general fund for fire prevention continues to swell ...

Crago and Barlow’s bills are set for the Senate floor after the Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee voted unanimously to back them.

Moreover, clearing out brush is more effective in the ecosystems of Northern California and the Sierra Nevada mountains, where decades of total fire suppression allowed fuels to build up ...

River Fire Department said crews could see clouds of smoke coming from a building from miles away Saturday evening.

Fast-moving wildfires have ravaged Los Angeles since Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and destroying large swaths of California's prized coastline while leveling entire neighborhoods.

The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWGC) defines wildfire containment as “the status of a wildfire suppression action signifying that a control line has been completed around the fire, and any ...