The most effective measures to prepare for wildfires, Villanueva said, is by creating a “defensible space” around homes. He ...

The warning, delivered at the county fire headquarters in East Los Angeles on Friday, serves as a stark reminder of how ...

The Madre Fire has more than doubled the size of California’s second-largest wildfire this year, as it races through the Los ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department is expected to pre-deploy resources and personnel to address potential emergencies this ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department is expected to pre-deploy resources and personnel to address potential emergencies this ...

Since 1993, seven of the 10 worst fire years in California, ranked by total acres burned, have occurred after drier-than-normal winters. By contrast, eight of the state’s 10 mildest fire years ...

Southern California has experienced below-average precipitation this year, less than 70% of the typical average in most areas ...

Firefighters have increased containment of the Madre fire in San Luis Obispo County. We have 'the resources we need,' said a ...

Seven months after the Mountain Fire, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office is reviewing an investigation into its cause.

A fast-moving California wildfire exploded to become the state’s biggest of the year, forcing evacuations and the closure of ...

Just after 10:30 a.m. on a cool, foggy January morning, smoke began rising from a ridge above Pacific Palisades — a quiet ...

For the past three days, firefighters in Riverside County, California, and elsewhere have been working nonstop to tame the wildfires.