As I watch the Los Angeles fires unfold, I’m painfully reminded that these challenges are universal. Fire doesn’t recognize ...

Lowell vs. Forest Hills Central. (Feb. 5, 2025) ...

While some Angelenos cast around for someone to blame, a whole cooperative emergency-response system whirred to life.

The US Forest Service is fighting to keep in place a plan to raze the equivalent of 500 Central Parks in California’s forests ...

The Cortez Fire Protection District recently presented at the Cortez City Council work session, an hour before their regular ...

Current and former firefighters in North County San Diego are raising concerns about the region’s ability to handle a large-scale wildfire.

Magic Fire initially started 4:03 p.m. Feb. 2 in Los Angeles County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the ...

Wildlife officials had to work for nearly 24 hours and set a food trap full of special treats to coax the massive, 525-lb. bear out.

Urban wildfires like LA’s make harmful chemicals from burning plastics and electronics that can make indoor air dangerous for months.

Deferred resignation offers incited confusion and alarm for civil servants of various stripes, but it cut particularly deep ...

A picture of an United States Forest Service task force fighting the Palisades Fire in Southern California. Courtesy of Pacific Southwest Forest Service, USDA via Wikimedia Commons ...

By Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, ...