The Madre Fire, now the largest wildfire in California this year, expanded to 79,630 acres by Saturday, July 5, prompting ...

The Madre fire has burned nearly 71,000 acres in San Luis Obispo County and threatens residents and homes. The largest ...

Joey Chestnut is back as the top dog in Nathan's annual event at Coney Island in New York, consuming 70.5 hot dogs and buns ...

A wildfire in a wilderness area of central California exploded in size as dry, hot weather raised the fire risk for large ...

As destructive wildfires have ravaged California over the past decade, the insurance industry has dropped hundreds of thousands of homeowners statewide, raised their premiums, and, in some cases, ...

With Los Angeles still recovering from the devastating fires that killed at least 30 people and destroyed thousands of homes, California’s residents are being warned that the summer, typically ...

California's peak fire season tends to be summer and early fall, but most Californians know that they can happen any time of the year. Here's what to know to stay prepared.

According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high” fire hazard, the highest level of hazard. In 2011, that figure was more than 180,700 acres.

Jones, who was Insurance Commissioner from 2011 to 2019, helped regulate California’s response to increasingly deadly and destructive catastrophic wildfires during his two-term tenure, when more ...

Cal Fire’s refreshed maps show a large increase in areas considered hazardous: “High” and “very high” hazard zones have grown by 168 percent since 2011. That’s partly because computing ...

ANGELES TO HELP WITH WILDFIRE RELIEF, AND THIS ALL COMES AS PHASE FOUR OF THE STATE’S FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED. THIS IS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SO WE’RE KIND OF ZOOMING ...

The new 2025 maps update the previous 2007-2011 models, with zone rankings based on vegetation, terrain, fire history and local weather, according to Cal Fire. The maps are intended to be ...