SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wildfires fueled by strong winds and an extended heat wave have led to the first death in California of the 2024 season. Mendocino County officials said they found human ...

Crews across California were battling a growing number of significant wildfires on Tuesday — including the 15,000-acre Post fire in Los Angeles County — and facing another day of gusty winds ...

Wednesday’s wildfires burned in the same areas of other recent destructive infernos, including the 2018 Woolsey Fire, which killed three people and destroyed 1,600 homes near Los Angeles, and ...

CAMARILLO, Calif. — Southern California firefighters made progress against a wildfire that has destroyed 132 structures, mostly homes, after fierce wind gusts began easing Friday, allowing some ...

Wildfires in California have burned 1 million acres so far this year. Heat wave poses more risk FILE - Firefighters monitor the advancing Line Fire in Angelus Oaks, Calif., Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.

While the peak of California's wildfire activity tends to be in the late summer to fall seasons, state officials for years now have stated that wildfires can happen at any point in the year. As ...

So far in this year’s California’s wildfire season, about 20 times more acres of land have burned than around this time last year. Since the beginning of the year, there were more than 3,500 ...

Three wildfires surround Dr. Karen Jakpor’s Southern California home and she doesn’t know where to go. Even though fire lines are miles away, smoke billows down the mountains into the hills ...

The wildfires burning in Southern California are heightening a nationwide shortage of firefighters, aircraft and contractors to fight these blazes. ... Sept. 11, 2024. Still, ...

First, California had a wet winter this year, with rainfall since Oct. 1 in San Francisco at 113% of normal, 157% in Los Angeles, and 92% in Fresno. The Sierra Nevada snowpack was 111% of normal ...

California wildfires dim solar generation during power demand peak. Gavin Maguire. July 31, 2024 12:00 PM UTC Updated July 31, 2024 ... Through the first half of 2024, ...