according to the California Highway Patrol. Elsewhere, Castaic Union School District principals who were at a training meeting when the Hughes brush fire broke out were told to immediately return ...

As wildfires intensify and more people move to fire-prone areas, health and forestland experts are searching for ways to protect people from breathing in smoke.

A new fire in Southern California has exploded from 500 ... have raged and destroyed thousands of homes. The Hughes Fire grew rapidly near Castaic Lake, after it sparked around 10:53 a.m. PST ...

Left: Firefighters spray water on the Hughes Fire in Castaic, California, on Jan. 22, 2025. Right: Former Los Angeles Fire Dept. Chief Kristin Crowley, center right, is escorted by firefighter ...

OAKLAND, California — Barbara Lee will soon ... Left: Firefighters spray water on the Hughes Fire in Castaic, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Right: Former Los Angeles Fire Dept.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is the state's primary wildland firefighting agency, protecting over 31 million acres of California's privately owned wildlands.

The chief executive of Southern California Edison’s parent company said Tuesday that the company was likely to suffer “material losses” related to the deadly Eaton fire, which ignited on Jan ...

The two federal district judges from California lost homes in the Palisades fire in January. The judges join hundreds of other homeowners who blame the LA DWP for failing to respond and prepare ...

“We’ve got to double down on the efforts in wildfire mitigation. That starts at home,” California State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant told reporters Friday. “We need homeowners in El Dorado ...

The next time fire rips through the chaparral in surrounding hills (a question of when, not if) this cluster of homes is being built to keep the flames at the subdivision’s edge. California bill ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The homes in the half-built subdivision look a lot like all the others nestled up against the parched, shrubby ...