The most effective measures to prepare for wildfires, Villanueva said, is by creating a “defensible space” around homes. He ...

The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of ...

At the outset of the blaze, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office estimated that some 500 acres were already burned at the scene, near the 10000 block of Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest.

The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

ALTADENA, California (Reuters) -Terry Kilgore lives alone in his Altadena neighborhood in California, sleeping in a ...

State data shows the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention carried out only one brush clearance operation in ...

For the past three days, firefighters in Riverside County, California, and elsewhere have been working nonstop to tame the wildfires.

The Getty Villa is set to reopen Friday after a months-long closure due to the Palisades Fire on the Los Angeles County coast ...

A California judge has ruled the state’s bare-bones home insurance program’s handling of smoke damage claims is unlawful, a ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s then-record $298 billion budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year notably cut $3 million from Cal ...

Southern California has experienced below-average precipitation this year, less than 70% of the typical average in most areas ...

At least 14 churches, synagogues, mosques and temples were destroyed and many others sustained damage in the fires.