A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by the state show more than 1 million acres are at a higher risk of wildfires.

An atmospheric river is expected to hit California later this week, bringing heavy rain and wind to much of the state.

An atmospheric river event is forecast to bring rainfall, snow, and the potential for flooding to parts of California this ...

Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in ...

Wildfires have now scorched more than 39,000 acres of land in Southern California. “It looks like an atomic bomb dropped in these areas. I don’t expect good news, and we’re not looking ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 85% chance of precipitation. Winds from N to NNW at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 36 °F (2.2 °C). Cloudy with a high of 45 °F (7.2 ...

ANOTHER BIG WILDFIRE IS BURNING RIGHT NOW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS FIRE RACING THROUGH ... I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE LATEST MAP. THIS IS FROM CAL FIRE. SO IT DOES HAVE THE MOST RECENT PERIMETER.

Some experts have suggested that desalination is the reason California has to allow some water to flow out to the Pacific Ocean, and the matter is more complicated than the president says. A map ...

The deadly fires, two of the most destructive on record in California, started Jan. 7 on a day of extremely high fire danger due to a Santa Ana windstorm. More than 27 deaths have been reported in ...

To remain solvent, California’s Fair Plan may turn to its member insurers for financial help and prompt them to levy surcharges on policyholders. The California FAIR Plan Assn., the state’s ...

More than 160,000 people are under evacuation orders and warnings. The maps below show the sizes and statuses of the fires. They will be updated frequently. The largest of the blazes, the ...