I am writing from the middle of a West Coast catastrophe, where four states are confronting what officials describe as the worst U.S. disaster in nearly two decades as everything west of Interstate 5 ...

Firefighters battling large blazes in central Oregon and California's wine country made gains on fires threatening thousands of homes as the region remained gripped by scorching heat and high winds.

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that ...