CalMatters reports on the alarming issue of home development in highly flammable areas in the state of California.

Both of the big Los Angeles fires started on federally managed land. Instead of blaming California, the Trump administration ...

Things to Do in California - Seasonal Highlights . California's diverse array of landscapes – beaches, lakes, forests, mountains and deserts – make it one of th ...

After a week of smoke, ash and flames, officials with Cal Fire San Diego announced Thursday that the Border 2 Fire, located in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area, is now 100% contained.

Public utilities can bill directly for hundreds of millions of dollars in shareholder returns despite being in what critics ...

As of Thursday, firefighters had the footprint of the 6,625-acre blaze, dubbed the Border 2 Fire, nearly 96% surrounded, according to Cal Fire.

For the last few weeks, a team of investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has worked ...

This month, the Los Angeles area witnessed some of the largest wildfires in California’s history. The fire events have killed at least 27 people, destroyed more than 10,000 structures and ...

A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire ...

Snow briefly shut down a key interstate north of Los Angeles for hours while weekend downpours doused wildfires across Southern California ...

"We generally think they've been set a bit too high," Michael Campbell, assistant deputy director of energy at Cal Advocates, said. "The utilities' arguments of just how risky it is to be a utility in ...

A USD professor designs an innovative solution to California's housing crisis: a sustainable, fire-resistant home assembled ...