From clearing hazardous brush to using a new fire retardant, being ‘proactive’ is called crucial to ensuring residents’ ...

Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - In response to the recent wildfires ... Barbara and Charlie Nelson, who lost their home during the Cedar Fire in 2003, are at the forefront of the initiative.

To reduce wildfire intensity in the bone-dry area, managed grazing is proposed to prevent the takeover of annual grass thatch and other fine fuels. Figuring out the "cow days," a measure of how long a ...

San Diego faces wildfire threats as low rainfall and Santa Ana winds prompt fire departments to ask for more resources.

Merced City Fire Captain Bryan Akers, right, and his son Mason, left, while deployed to assist with firefighting efforts on ...

After San Diego County’s Cedar fire in 2003, California began requiring homes in “very high” fire hazard severity zones to comply with new wildfire building codes, including using ignition-resistant ...

Merced Fire Captain Bryan Akers, 45, has been with the Merced City Fire Department for 22 years. But it was during his deployment on Jan. 8 to assist with the firefighting efforts at the Hurst ...

Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones, R-San Diego, noted that his constituents lived through the Cedar fire in 2003 and Witch Creek fire in 2007. Like many of the Democratic legislators who spoke at the ...

Amid these competing thoughts, I found myself at my burnt-out home in Altadena earlier this week. Joining me were 10 church ...