Within minutes on Wednesday morning, San Francisco got a new mayor — and a new plan for an emergency declaration intended to ...

Sheriff Robert Luna said 179,783 people are under evacuation orders due to the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Lidia fires in Los Angeles County. Another 200,000 residents are under evacuation warnings.

The blazes forced a host of TV productions to stop filming, mostly due to poor air quality and to avoid clogging roadways for emergency responders rather than their proximity to soundstages.

As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual ...

In recent years, insurers like Allstate, American National, The Hartford and State Farm have stopped renewing policies or issuing new policies for California homeowners.

Evacuating a wildfire area can be scary, but experts say people can significantly improve their own safety with a little ...

At least five people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically ...

Learn the critical steps to take before evacuating during a wildfire, including protecting your home, documenting belongings for insurance, and following LADWP recommendations.

A request from the fire department was misconstrued online, illustrating the untapped resource of civic-minded neighbors ...

Thursday, 3 p.m. PST The death toll from the fires reached six, according to multiple outlets, with the city of Malibu ...

Multiple wildfires, including the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, are raging across southern California Thursday, leaving at ...

Gov. Stein has issued a State of Emergency for North Carolina. Here’s what that means and some past examples of declarations.