A map shows areas in California where temperatures are expected to surpass 100 this week. There has been an early-season heat wave in Southern and Central California. On Monday, people in four states ...

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Much of the oceanfront village’s historic and highly sought-after core has been redefined by the state as a high-risk fire ...

A recent forecast warned that "most" wildfire activity in California is expected later in the year as the state continues its recovery from the devastating Los Angeles County fires in January.

(Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Embers can send spot fires far ... Potter said. The map comes as climate change increases the frequency and severity of wildfires in California — four out ...

NASA just awarded SkyTL a research contract to keep building a wildfire response system. This comes with more and more ...

“Outlooks for Northern and Southern California both paint a picture of a significant increase — (a) pretty widespread, elevated risk of large fires come ... with an online map from Cal Fire.

For California, the risk of fires is higher for September through November, with a large swath of central and Northern California forecasted to see the highest fire risks in the state.