Wildfires are increasingly touching more diverse communities as fires grow in intensity and extend into urban areas, according to researchers.

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New data suggests there were faults on Southern California Edison’s transmission lines early on Jan. 7 before the fire started that evening. For almost four decades, Michael Connelly has set his ...

Eight of the 10 largest wildfires in California history have occurred in the last five years. Note: The Rush fire burned 271,911 acres in CA, and 43,666 in NV.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has updated its classification of areas that are more at ...

Although FEMA has funded and conducted soil sampling at some of California’s biggest wildfires over the past two decades, the federal agency changed its approach in 2020, Brandi Richard Thompson ...

Editor’s Note: After publishing this story, The Bee learned that it includes unattributed passages from the San Francisco Chronicle story “Park Fire arson suspect arrested. Here’s what we ...

The storied Pacific Dining Car steakhouse in Los Angeles saw its second fire in less than a year and is now being torn down.

an Oregon State University professor who studies wildfire impacts on buildings and public infrastructure. Between 1990 and 2020, nearly 45% of the homes built in California have broken ground in ...

Human remains found by a hunter last fall have been identified as a firefighter missing since 2020, California deputies say. The remains found near Cactus Flats in October belonged to Carlos Baltazar, ...

More than 12,300 structures across Los Angeles have been destroyed, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. But while the January fires rank as the most destructive ...