A trio of satellites set to launch early Tuesday will give wildland firefighters more time to respond and scientists more ...

Northern California is expected to experience a steady warming and drying trend through early summer, with fuel receptiveness increasing as seasonal curing progresses.

A new wildfire was reported today at 8:23 a.m. at in Placer County, California. Newcastle Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and ...

The latest summary of spending from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s massive emergency fire relief fund shows the state is now sending ...

Burnside Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service. At this time, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has ...

Two fires are in challenging terrain, officials say. An air quality alert has been issued for parts of Southern California.

But an ominous new trend is reshaping forest fire behavior. Not only have the number and size of fires grown in recent ...

A passionate group of wildfire survivors rallied at the Capitol on Tuesday in support a bill that could strengthen ...

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After late-spring rain, and with an El Niño brewing, experts say the outlook for the summer is especially complicated. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. She is based in ...