A brush fire that erupted Thursday in foothills on the east end of Hemet consumed nearly 15 acres before Cal Fire aircraft significantly slowed its advance, preventing it from reaching homes in the ...

Gibbel Fire initially started 4:40 p.m. Jan. 23 in Riverside County. Since its discovery seven hours ago, it has burned 20 ...

Initial location: State Street and Gibbel Road, Hemet, Riverside County, Calif. Gibbel Fire initially started today at 4:40 p ...

Firefighters quickly gained the upper hand on a vegetation fire in Hemet, California, on Thursday, January 23. The fire, ...

By Thursday afternoon, most of the highway had reopened, many evacuees were able to return home and the blaze near Castaic ...

As of Friday morning, there are nine active wildfires burning in California and a red flag warning remains in place.

Two fires erupted in the San Diego area on Thursday afternoon, prompting evacuations. The Border 2 Fire, which broke out in ...

The Sepulveda fire was the latest blaze in a nerve-racking week as Southern California headed into a fourth consecutive day ...

Firefighters in the Inland Empire quickly gained the upper hand on two wildfires that broke out Thursday afternoon, one of which, at least briefly, posed a threat to nearby structures, officials said.

The friendly, smart photographer and curator was a regular presence at arts events, columnist David Allen writes. Also: two readers exclaim about a retired Hemet teacher.