A minor, 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday. It was followed by a larger, 4.3-magnitude quake ...

The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

"The fire continues to burn at a moderate rate," Cal Fire said, adding that hundreds of firefighters were working through the ...

Air quality is unhealthier-than-average for some people Thursday as winds are blowing wildfire smoke across the Northern ...

With streaks of yellow, orange and red, Cal Fire’s new fire risk maps make plain the extent of fire danger in the Bay Area. The origin of the maps dates to one of the first major wildfires to ...

California's Madre Fire sparked in the late evening of July 3 but has since grown to the largest in the state this year by ...

Per the the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: all evacuation orders and warning areas for the fire are under curfew from 6 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Saturday, Cal Fire reported. View an ...

A brush fire that erupted in Jamul Wednesday afternoon prompted a response from Cal Fire crews and triggered evacuation ...

Los Gatos and Saratoga approved updated fire hazard severity zone maps last month, but some Saratoga hills residents expressed concern over relaxed designations in their neighborhoods.

A map of California is both beautiful and confounding. And that’s when we realized how challenging this would truly be: As soon as we introduced the project to the SFGATE newsroom — which has ...