Trump administration policy is slowing the very fire prevention work he endorsed, critics say
President Trump has advocated 'raking' forests, but his contract freeze has slowed that work on federal land, firefighters ...
Breaking: Dart Canyon Rd Crestline Fire reported in San Bernardino County on Feb. 13
Initial location: San Bernardino County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 3:44 p.m. in San Bernardino County. Dart ...
San Diego braces for rain, raising concerns of mudslides in scorched areas
SAN DIEGO — Rain is arriving a few weeks after several wildfires popped up around San Diego County. The weather raises the risk of mudslides in scorched areas. "Hopefully there's no flooding here but ...
Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
Surprise January wildfires followed near-driest rainy season since 1800s
The Inland Empire and Orange County had received less than a half-inch of rain through mid-January, and that total was ...
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Merced Fire Captain runs into son while assisting on LA wildfires
Merced City Fire Captain Bryan Akers, right, and his son Mason, left, while deployed to assist with firefighting efforts on ...
Trump's freeze stalls federal firefighter hiring
Crews helped battle the deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires, and now some worry a shortfall will weaken response capabilities ...
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North County firefighters warn of local wildfire risks after LA devastation
Current and former firefighters in North County San Diego are raising concerns about the region’s ability to handle a ...
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Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn
LA fires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.
Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...
What starts wildfires in San Diego County? We crunched the data. Here’s what it shows — and what it doesn’t.
The causes of about 45% of fires handled by Cal Fire in County from 2019 through 2023 are either ‘undetermined’ or classified ...
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The LA County Fires Devastated Homes In The Wildland Urban Interface. Here’s What That Is.
By Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, ...