California Wildfires

Bay Area firefighters have joined forces with other crews to contain several wildfires in Los Angeles County.

The high school where Brian De Palma brought Stephen King’s “Carrie” to life, Will Rogers’ ranch house and a motel owned by William Randolph Hearst are among some of the famous structures that have been damaged or destroyed by the California wildfires.

Steve Kerr’s 90-year-old mother was among the thousands of residents evacuated from the raging wildfire in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

As wildfires continue to tear through the California landscape year after year, devastating land and homes, a new study suggests the state’s agriculture is also increasingly a victim. 

A new app designed for wildfire information is soaring up the download charts as fire season ramps up.

Spiking temperatures added to the challenges facing firefighters struggling to contain a stubborn Southern California wildfire, as the total acres burned in the state this year surpassed 1 million. Evacuation orders were expanded again Monday for remote communities northeast of Los Angeles near a blaze that flared up over the weekend after burning ...

Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles are taking advantage of cooler weather. They are slowly gaining the upper hand against blazes that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate. The worst danger appeared to have passed Thursday near Reno, Nevada. Evacuation orders have bee...

As wildfires burn across the state, Bay Area fire crews are gearing up to lend a hand.

Devastating wildfires are sweeping across Southern California hillsides. They have torched vehicles, burned buildings and injured more than a dozen people. Tens of thousands of homes and other structures were threatened Wednesday. Parts of the popular ski town of Big Bear and the entire community of Wrightwood were under evacuation orders. In Orang...

A 26-year-old man has been accused of igniting a destructive California wildfire in early July by throwing a firework from a car window during hot, dry and windy weather.

California’s largest wildfire so far this year is 40% contained after scorching more than 670 square miles.

The Park Fire in Northern California continued to grow Friday, closing in on 400,000 acres, and became the fourth largest wildfire in state history.

The Park Fire had scorched more than 383,000 acres, an area greater than the city of Los Angeles, as of Tuesday morning, according to Cal Fire. It had destroyed more than 100 structures and was threatening 4,200 more.