California Grapples With Unprecedented Wildfire Challenges On Sunday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency as crews battled dozens of fires. The largest is in Sonoma County ...

After a mild fire year in 2023, California's early fire season of 2024 has had a busy start. A persistent heatwave is making conditions more challenging for wildland firefighters.

So far this year in California, 7,769 wildfires have burned just shy of 2.5 million acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

California's wildfire recovery faces political challenges in Republican-led Washington House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) walks with incoming White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles at the Capitol ...

Gavin Newsom raised the possibility of further strain on the California Wildfire Fund as Southern California Edison faces ...

A review of the beneficiaries' grants and work showed how FireAid was an urgent lifeline in the worst of the disaster and ...

When it comes to California’s increasing battle against wildfires, those new challenges begin well ahead of disaster response. The Trump administration has also targeted NOAA and its subsidiary ...

The fire was one of two deadly blazes in California during the broiling hot Labor Day weekend, with the Mill fire in Siskiyou County also claiming two lives and bringing the year’s wildfire ...

Line Fire. As the wildfire burned 39,111 acres with nearly half of it contained as of Tuesday, a Norco man who was accused of starting the fire pleaded not guilty in San Bernardino County.. Justin ...

State Farm, California’s largest insurer by market share, this summer declined to renew 30,000 homeowner policies, mainly due to wildfire risks. The company dropped 13.2% of policies in Thouati ...