Rainy winter only delayed wildfire season, officials say
State and local fire departments say it's only a matter of time before all of the lush vegetation dries out and provides even more fuel for potential wildfires.
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State and local fire departments say it's only a matter of time before all of the lush vegetation dries out and provides even more fuel for potential wildfires.
The climate crisis is among the key factors in a new assessment that shows more than 85% of California's rural and unincorporated land is now in "high" or "very high" severity zones for wildfire danger.
Crews battling the largest wildfire this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday evening.
A destructive wildfire near Yosemite National Park burned out of control through tinder-dry forest on Sunday and had grown into one of California's biggest blazes of the year.
Twenty homes have been destroyed and another 11 damaged.
The Coastal Fire in Laguna Niguel burned at least 200 acres Wednesday and forced hundreds of families to evacuate, some of whom completely lost their homes.
Evacuation warnings are in place.
As some residents deal with massive amounts of smoke from the small Arlanza blaze, neighbors in the area are also coping with a lack of power to their homes as SoCal Edison tries to prevent any further wildfires due to high winds.
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A new report suggests that California wildfires over the last year have torched up to one-fifth of the world's sequoia trees.
Amid devastating fires in Northern California, fire crews in SoCal are reminding homeowners to clear out brush as the area remains under extreme fire conditions.
Taxpayers living in places that were declared disaster areas by Gov. Gavin Newsom have been granted an extension until Jan. 15 to file their California tax returns on 2019 income.
The federal government has approved Gov. Gavin Newsom's request for help following two major Southern California wildfires, just one day after it was announced that the request would be denied.
The devastating Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest may be close to full containment Friday, but officials say there are another nearly two dozen wildfires still burning throughout California.
As wildfires continue to burn through the state at an unprecedented rate, many insurance companies are pulling out of certain zip codes, and even entire counties.
NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, aboard the Aqua satellite, captured infrared images of carbon monoxide plumes coming from the 28 major wildfires burning across the state as of Monday.
The head of Los Angeles County's Animal Care and Control Department is urging pet owners to prepare an evacuation kit for their animals in case of an emergency.
At least four people are dead and four others injured as the massive group of fires in Northern California comprising the LNU Lightning Complex fires (map) burned through 215,000 acres as of Thursday evening, destroying or damaging more than 600 structures, fire officials reported.
The moratorium covers about 800,000 homeowners who live either inside or next to the perimeter of one of 16 wildfires that burned across the state in October.
The report found that LADWP has more than 1,000 outstanding maintenance orders in wildfire-threat areas.
Northbound lanes on Highway 14 were reopened Friday afternoon, but the southbound side of the freeway remained closed.
The troops will travel around the state clearing and reducing trees and vegetation in an effort to prevent wildfires.
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was among several players to be impacted by the California wildfires during this weekend's game against the Sacramento Kings.
"California, we're just not going to continue to pay the kind of money that we're paying, because of fires that should never be to the extent."
Cal Fire says it has spent $432 million to fight fires through August, with just $11 million left in its annual budget.
