New legislation could change landscaping in California homes, requiring a fire-resistant zone. Homeowners are concerned about costs and aesthetics.

State data shows the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention carried out only one brush clearance operation in ...

Heal the Bay and Surfrider LA studies highlight the need for new testing protocols to determine beach sand and sediment quality Six months after the Palisades Fire ravaged Malibu and nearby areas, ...

About 101,500 new housing units were permitted statewide last year, a 9% drop from the previous year and the state’s lowest ...

However, fire season is a never-ending phenomenon now, said Toni Davis, the public information officer for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s San Luis Obispo unit. “We ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection offers burn permits online at burnpermit.fire.ca.gov. The burn permits only apply to areas in the State Responsibility Area of Shasta County.

By Monday morning, it had churned through nearly 2 square miles of dry brush, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. There was no containment.

A: The state Forestry and Fire Protection Department, also known as Cal Fire, created the maps to show the probability of a wildfire occurring in a given area within the next 30-50 years.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more fire resistant during wind-driven wildfire after years of delay.

The fire, driven by hurricane-force winds that spread embers by air, destroyed at least 5,000 structures across areas including Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Topanga Canyon.

The zone-zero law passed with bipartisan support after California experienced record-breaking fires in 2017 and 2018, including a fire that wiped out the town of Paradise, destroying more than ...