Newly-released text messages and depositions from California State Parks staffers offer details of state actions and ...

Drawing on lessons from recent blazes, a state commission has released a series of recommendations to protect older adults.

A California policy that’s been delayed amid backlash could force millions of homeowners to rip out flowers, gardens and bushes near their homes to mitigate against the deadly wildfires that tore ...

This autumn brought something that isn’t always common for much of California — a decent amount of rain in October. Rather than heat waves, there have been umbrellas. After years in which some of the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A court ruled a statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

With the first Santa Ana wind event of the season bringing increased fire danger to a warm and dry Southern California this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided to send additional firefighting ...

A fire in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains is spreading at a critical rate and forcing evacuations, as an atmospheric river drops rain in much of Northern California. The Pack Fire has burned 3,400 ...

A fast-moving wildfire broke out in California’s Mono County on Thursday, November 13, quickly burning through more than 3,400 acres of land by that evening. According to Cal Fire, the Pack Fire ...

The first Santa Ana wind event of the season is expected to raise temperatures across Southern California, increasing the fire danger on Tuesday. “We have big changes,” KTLA Meteorologist Henry ...

Four children and one adult died Sunday in a fire at a home in the Central California city of Porterville, fire officials said. Firefighters responded at about 11:18 p.m. to the home in the area of ...