SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...

First discovered: 1:27 p.m. Aug. 15 Initial location: Riverside County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 1:27 p.m. in Riverside County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private ...

First discovered: 2:35 p.m. Aug. 15 A new wildfire was reported today at 2:35 p.m. in Merced County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment of ...

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

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?

Mercury Insurance (NYSE: MCY) has submitted a rate filing for its California Homeowners program based on the State's Sustainable Insurance Strategy. The filing is the first to use the recently ...

Canyon Fire becomes one of four wildfires burning across Southern California on Thursday, forcing evacuations east of Lake ...

More than 800 structures are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central ...

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, ...

Five years after California’s fire siege, Governor Gavin Newsom reports how the state has improved its fire prevention ...

The home insurer's rate hike request is the first filing to make use of new California reforms that alter the way insurance ...