As catastrophic wildfires spur insurance companies to raise homeowner premiums and drop thousands of policyholders across California, the industry has blamed climate change for fueling the blazes. Yet ...

At an extravagant reception, hotelier Steve Farzam seemed to literally plunge into marriage, appearing to dive from a helicopter in a rainbow parachute onto the grounds of a luxury hotel north of ...

Two fault lines on the west coast of North America — the Cascadia and San Andreas — appear to be seismically synchronized, ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 5:25 a.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no data on the containment status of the fire ...

California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary. By Orlando Mayorquín Reporting from Los Angeles The Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and ...

For 25 years, the Oakland Hills Fire was California's most destructive wildfire on record. That has since been passed by four fires in the past decade.

An autumn heat wave accompanied by gusty winds raised the wildfire risk for Southern California, with forecasters warning that grass and brush are still dangerously dry despite recent rains ...

The arrest of a 29-year-old Florida man for starting what eventually became the Palisades fire shed more light Wednesday, Oct. 8, on firefighters’ suppression efforts, while affirming, for many, ...

Blazes that firefighters thought had died but then later came roaring back to life have become increasingly common, heightening scrutiny of how first-responders put out wildfires. By Shawn Hubler and ...