A new proposal to slow down wildfires in Berkeley asks residents to do more to keep the whole community safe. The Berkeley ...

Cal Fire Butte County is ramping up efforts to prepare residents for the upcoming fire season by conducting defensible space inspections in areas such as Paradi ...

Pool pumps, scuba gear, embers protection, defensible space and more were part of these three families' plans to ride out the Palisades Fire.

Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and ...

"Firefighters have successfully stopped the forward spread of the fire," Cal Fire said in a statement on Facebook. A vegetation fire in California rapidly spread to 1,000 acres on Sunday ...

The public is invited to review and comment on newly published Fire Hazard Severity maps, which CAL FIRE has updated to show areas of Tulare County with the greatest wildfire risks. The map shows ...

SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, known as Cal Fire, released its ... new state regulations that require defensible space around homes and specific building ...

The wildfire, named the Silver fire, began around 2:11 p.m. north of Bishop, a city about halfway between Yosemite National Park and Death Valley National Park, according to Cal Fire, the state ...

Cal Fire has ... have a 100-foot defensible buffer, and establish development regulations involving road width, water supply, and signage. “Government codes require local fire agencies to ...