City councilmembers in Berkeley, California are considering law to ban most plants within five feet of houses in wildfire-prone neighborhoods.

The measure would create a wildfire intelligence center to centralize federal management, require assessments of fireshed ...

"We've got to double down on the efforts of wildfire mitigation," California State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant said.

Insurers say a neighborhood like the one built in Southern California protects residents from fire — and perhaps other close by properties as well.

Algae with domoic acid is sometimes called red tide, and biologists think runoff from the wildfires and ocean sediment ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

As peak fire season and warmer months approach, a statewide campaign is reminding people about the importance of creating ...

After the wildfires ravaged homes in Los Angeles, California, cleanup crews faced a new challenge: electric car batteries ...

Despite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, explains why California officials may consider removing palm trees from residential neighborhoods. Due to their flammability and large ...

Efforts to battle the 1,250-acre fire in eastern California were complicated by strong winds, which were expected to continue ...

A U.S. Army Chemical Corps specialist took charge of a hazardous materials team during a wildfire response mission in ...