Chaparral, Calif.’s fire-adapted ecosystem, often goes overlooked. That is, except for when the high severity firestorms blaze through human communities. Chaparral was quickly lambasted during ...

Murrieta, United States - January 23, 2025 The Fig fire, a vegetation fire, broke out in Murrieta, Riverside County, on Thursday, January 23, prompting evacuation warnings for surrounding areas.

The blaze, which firefighters dubbed the Fig Fire as it burned near the intersection of Fig Street and Hoover Avenue off the ...

KPBS reporter John Carroll explains how one iconic area is now safer from fire than it was before. Some San Diego firefighters spent Friday morning spraying down chaparral in the San Carlos ...

Attorneys representing some of those affected by the Eaton Fire filed a lawsuit against Southern California Edison alleging that the company's equipment sparked the disastrous blaze.

California wildfires: Palisades Fire, in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, is the largest of all the current wildfires. - Southern California is braced for "extremely critical ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Unified Fire Authority crews have been lending their skills to crews across the country who have traveled to help battle wildfires in California. As fires were ...

Nearly a week earlier, the Palisades Fire tore through the canyon neighborhood, leveling homes, melting vehicles and chewing through hills thick with chaparral. Resident E.V. and his wife stayed ...

Numerous lawsuits were filed this week by victims of the Eaton fire, which broke out east of the city, against Southern California Edison, a unit of Edison International. The lawsuits allege that ...

These measures are hardly a mystery. California law requires homeowners to adopt many of the same fire-protective measures at home, but compliance remains inconsistent and enforcement is often lax.

Fire Tornadoes Pose a Threat in California. A Fire Lab Shows How They Work As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but ...