State and federal officials in California hope to reduce fire danger in the state by burning 1 million acres a year through control burns — also called prescribed fire — by 2025. So far ...

Wildfires in California burned more than 300,000 acres ... The National Interagency Fire Center reports that 87% of all wildfires each year are human-caused and that most can be prevented.

In a state that averages more than 7,500 wildfires a year some California homeowners keep helmets and fire hoses handy. However, the Los Angeles fires demonstrate a new reality: Wildfires in the ...

Climate change fueled devastating California wildfires between 2006 and 2020, contributing more than 5,200 deaths statewide from harmful wildfire smoke particles, according to a new study. The tally ...

Both the number of fires per year and the cost to fight wildfires has been increasing since the government started tracking figures in 1983. California has had the most wildfires and the largest ...

The fate of a number of Cal Fire-related bills remain in limbo as budget negotiations kick off between Gov. Gavin Newsom and ...

Hundreds of billions of dollars of damage were estimated in the Southern California fire storm last month alone ... can work no more than nine months per year. That’s about a quarter of the ...

Wildfires have become more extreme in the past decade. A new study shows the worst-affected states are overwhelmingly in the West.

A Red Flag Warning, which is issued by the National Weather Service, is in effect through 8 p.m. Monday from as far north as ...