A brush fire in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles ignited and spread quickly Thursday, forcing thousands of evacuations ...

Temporary evacuation sites were established at Benjamin Foxen Elementary School in Santa Maria and the Cuyama Valley Family ...

Temperatures in the area are near 100 degrees and humidity as low as 15 percent. The southern part of California has seen ...

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 96,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...

The agency started the process of creating a fire threat map after the 2007 Southern California wildfires, fanned by particularly strong Santa Ana winds. Many of those fires were thought to be ...

The BriefThe Gifford Fire in central California has become the state's largest wildfire of the year.More than 870 homes are ...

The Gifford Fire in Southern California has burned over 82,000 acres and prompted evacuations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Mandatory evacuations are in place for specific zones in ...

During a red-flag warning, residents are urged to avoid risky behavior like campfires or other open flames, smoking or setting off fireworks. The NWS also urges residents to have an evacuation plan, ...

A widespread heat wave is expected to intensify fire concerns across California as temperatures rise and landscapes further ...

The fire was first reported to Cal Fire at about 12:30 p.m. and was burning near the small unincorporated community of Ribbonwood.

A brush fire broke out Monday morning in the Big Bear area and expanded to more than 300 acres hours later at the start of a ...