California Grapples With Unprecedented Wildfire Challenges On Sunday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency as crews battled dozens of fires. The largest is in Sonoma County ...

After a mild fire year in 2023, California's early fire season of 2024 has had a busy start. A persistent heatwave is making conditions more challenging for wildland firefighters.

California's wildfire recovery faces political challenges in Republican-led Washington House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) walks with incoming White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles at the Capitol ...

So far this year in California, 7,769 wildfires have burned just shy of 2.5 million acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

When it comes to California’s increasing battle against wildfires, those new challenges begin well ahead of disaster response. The Trump administration has also targeted NOAA and its subsidiary ...

Line Fire. As the wildfire burned 39,111 acres with nearly half of it contained as of Tuesday, a Norco man who was accused of starting the fire pleaded not guilty in San Bernardino County.. Justin ...

Gavin Newsom raised the possibility of further strain on the California Wildfire Fund as Southern California Edison faces ...

A wildfire raging in Northern California took a tragic turn as two bodies were recovered after the blaze swept into a small town, damaging or destroying about 100 structures, authorities said ...

The aftermath of the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif., in January. The peak of California’s fire season, when fires are most abundant and the most acres burn, occurs from June through October.

State Farm, California’s largest insurer by market share, this summer declined to renew 30,000 homeowner policies, mainly due to wildfire risks. The company dropped 13.2% of policies in Thouati ...