One of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California on Wednesday scorched homes in a Gold Rush town settled in the 1850s by thousands of Chinese miners who had faced discrimination and ...

Over the last eight years, wildfires have burned down more houses than at any time in California history. Decades of homebuilding in forests and foothills have left millions of residents exposed as ...

California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary. By Orlando Mayorquín Reporting from Los Angeles The Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and ...

In the history of California wildfires there has never been anything like it: A churning tornado filled with fire, the size of three football fields. An official report describes in chilling detail ...

In November 2018, the wildfire that would become the largest in California history was fast approaching Ponderosa Elementary ...

A sprawling bill passed at the eleventh hour by California lawmakers a week ago to address energy affordability included a massive infusion to the state’s wildfire restitution fund, established in ...

Peak wildfire season in California has historically lasted from summer to October. But as the Eaton and Palisades fires in January 2025 showed, wildfires can strike at any time. New research suggests ...

Fire is an essential part of most people’s everyday lives. We use it to cook dinner on the stove, make our homes cozier, keep ourselves warm during the winter time and light up the candles on a cake ...