California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to tap at least $2.5 billion from the state’s climate fund to pay for state firefighting crews and the long-troubled high-speed rail project. In his budget ...

An independent panel is urging California lawmakers to create a new authority to oversee rebuilding after the firestorms in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.

Experts say recent changes at FEMA, NOAA and the U.S. Forest Service could make a challenging fire season in California even worse. California's 2025 wildfire season was already going to be dangerous.

Southern California Edison has announced it will create a fund to compensate victims of January’s devastating Eaton Fire near Los Angeles ...

A new study conducted in Lake County, California—one of the most wildfire-affected regions in the country—has found that ...

A new report from Gallagher Re, a leading reinsurance broker, has officially named the Palisades and Eaton fires two of the ...

Insurance costs are soaring, and coverage is hard to find in some parts of the United States. Communities say insurers are ignoring their efforts to confront the problem.

Their early findings suggest that wildfire smoke is broadly and especially toxic. Burning trees, soil, and vehicles can throw off heavy metals as well as volatile organic compounds, Mickley said, that ...