Caldor, the third-biggest fire of 2021, began on Aug. 14 of that year just east of Omo Ranch and burned 221,835 acres, ...

Two Mountain View teens created a non-toxic retardant that helped protect homes from wildfires like the Pickett Fire.

A dozen major wildfires are burning across California, and officials warn the threat will only grow in August and September, typically the most dangerous months for wildfires.

Jim Wood, a board member with the nonprofit Colfax Lime Kiln Preserve, stands on June 25, 2025, inside a historic lime kiln that was rediscovered after a 2021 wildfire in Placer County.

Over the past two decades, the total burned area has declined, even as human impacts have worsened. Scientists from the, ...

The threat of high-severity wildfires in forests controlled by private timber companies may be much greater than in those managed by public lands agencies, a new study has found. That risk was ...

Brush fires are burning in the San Bernardino County mountains, and Riverside and Santa Barbara counties as Southern California faces some of the warmest temperatures of the season. Stream Los ...

In a new paper in Science, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, Boise State University in Idaho, and East Anglia University in England Worldwide, report that land area consumed by ...

California’s main wildfire season is starting earlier in the year, and human-caused climate change is a major reason, new research finds. The onset of summertime fire activity in large parts of ...