Bone-dry conditions in an area that has not seen a major fire in more than 60 years pushed a Southern California wildfire from 45,000 acres to more than 100,000 acres in a matter of hours Monday, fire ...

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 ...

When my students at the University of Washington ask me where the safest place to be during an earthquake is, they expect me to say "under a desk" or "in a doorway." Instead, I tell them California - ...

California’s century-old prisoner firefighter program is drawing fresh criticism as hundreds of incarcerated people have been deployed to fight the deadly wildfires in the Greater Los Angeles area. As ...

Another expected impact of climate change are increases in the dramatic dry-to-wet and wet-to-dry weather whiplash California ...

Firefighters may be able to extinguish the wildfires roaring through California within weeks, but the political effect of the blazes could last at least until the Nov. 6 midterm elections. With flames ...

“Overall this year, if you take away the devastating January fires, it’s been a pretty mild year for wildfires across ...