Wildfire season in California is starting earlier than it used to — in some parts of the state, by more than 10 weeks ...

Winds overnight and into the morning brought a large plume from the Gifford Fire over the Bay Area, prompting an air quality ...

First discovered: 3:51 p.m. Aug. 13 A new wildfire was reported today at 3:51 p.m. in Orange County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment of ...

A megafire that straddles two Central California counties has forced Caltrans to cancel its plans to close a highway near the sought-after enclave of Ojai for roadway construction.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has commenced helicopter surveys of electrical distribution lines and surrounding vegetation in Red Bluff and Cottonwood ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:38 a.m. in Santa Cruz County, California. The wildfire has been burning on city land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire ...

Canyon Fire grows to nearly 5,000 acres in SoCal, forcing evacuations and emergency response amid extreme heat. This live ...

But a growing body of research is reinforcing the knowledge that wildfire smoke is much more than an inconvenience — in fact, ...

The Gifford Fire is burning through thousands of acres becoming California's largest blaze of the year and threatening ...

Our atmosphere's heat-trapping gases are like steroids for weather, supercharging wildfires and other severe events. Last ...

As firefighters battle the massive Gifford Fire on California’s Central Coast, they’re not just putting out flames—they’re making split second decisions that affect lives. One of the tough decisions?