Each fire’s impact could depend on what was burning, for how long, and levels of public awareness, researchers hypothesize.

Heavy metals detected in the soil have also created health implications for Monterey County’s agriculture industry, and the ...

According to an expert in the White House, the best way to prevent forest fires is to rake all the combustible materials from forest floors. That’s easier said than done. It couldn’t be done before ...

About 20 rescues occurred between February 3 through February 8, 2025 by members of the teams from CAL FIRE's Butte Unit and Tehama-Glenn Unit.

Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...

Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park was destroyed by a fire in 2017—but mostly recovered. It could be a model for Altadena and Pacific ...

Residents face the daunting prospect of rebuilding their homes in this once-thriving historically Black community.

The Chico Fire Department put out 40 homeless campfires in 2024, and Tom Van Overbeek says he hopes that number will go down with this emergency authorization now in place.

It’s tiny, it’s silver and it’s at the center of a decades-long controversy over California’s water system. It’s the delta ...

The West Coast will see a final round of rain and snow Friday as a multi-day atmospheric river concludes and shifts eastward, becoming the nation's next big winter storm.

For example, people affected by the Mendocino Complex fires -- a cluster of wildfires that burned for more than three months ...

Steve Kerr and JJ Redick jointly hosted some special guests when Warriors took on the Lakers in downtown Los Angeles.