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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 - ...

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 ...

State officials say pushback against proposed mandates to reduce vegetation around at-risk houses is stalling the process.