A federal program that uses military satellites to track wildfires is particularly useful when aircraft are grounded, as ...

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has requested a full investigation into revelations that firefighters were ordered to leave a smoldering burn site days before it reignited into the ...

HONG KONG — A major fire tore through multiple high-rise towers at a housing complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, the city's chief executive, John Lee, said, with 279 people ...

OF A YEAR IN FEDERAL PRISON. WELL, CALIFORNIA’S DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE NOW PREPARING THEIR ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST PROPOSITION 50. CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED PROP ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A court ruled a statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the ...

LOS ANGELES — In a case that calls into question plant clearing techniques that have become fundamental to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, the San Diego ...

California fired coach Justin Wilcox on Sunday after nine seasons leading the program, the school announced on Sunday. CBS Sports first reported the news of Wilcox's firing earlier in the day. The ...

A blue, 1977 Volkswagen T2 microbus that appeared to be all that was left standing in one California neighborhood devastated by the Palisades Fire is now good as new. The bus now wears fresh blue ...

Oregon defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi is a former player and assistant coach at Cal. Chris Pietsch / USA Today Network via Imagn Images Justin Wilcox did a solid job in almost a decade at Cal, one ...

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Southern California — from the coast to the mountains to the deserts — has gotten so much rain over the past month that large-scale, fast-moving fires are essentially no longer a concern. And they ...