Fast-Growing Delta Fire In Northern California Prompts Evacuations Just A Week After Deadly Carr Fire Contained
The Delta Fire grew to 5,000 acres Wednesday just north of the community of Lakehead near the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
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The Delta Fire grew to 5,000 acres Wednesday just north of the community of Lakehead near the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
Firefighters are continuing to make progress as they work to subdue a wildfire that has burned across more than 35 square miles of Southern California's Cleveland National Forest.
A Redding, California, family who fled the sprawling Carr Fire returned home to find something fishy had happened while they were away.
The import tariffs imposed by President Trump are adding thousands of dollars to the cost of building homes.
Less than 450 personnel were assigned to the Holy Fire Wednesday. Officials are hoping to double that number soon.
A brush fire Monday tore through an area of the Cleveland National Forest that officials estimated hadn't burned in nearly four decades.
Trump says California's water policy shortchanges firefighters of water to battle the state's raging wildfires, but officials say that's untrue.
The two fires are threatening 9,000 homes and have charred an area five times the size of San Francisco.
The newfound optimism was somewhat tempered by the firefighters' warnings about what could be in store. They're still fighting to completely put out the blaze, and they told homeowners they have to prepare for possible mudslides and debris flows if and when storms hit the area.
Burkhart made good on threats to "roast America" following his mother's extradition to Germany on fraud charges, prosecutors said.
Legislative Analyst's Office officials said the federal government will reimburse most of the costs, but the state will still need to come up with about $371 million.
California fire chiefs said Wednesday that reinforcements were too slow to arrive in last year's ferocious firestorms and asked lawmakers for $100 million to call in extra firefighters when weather conditions are ripe for a conflagration.
A family of four who earns less than $2,755 a month is eligible to apply.
Insurance claims from last year's deadly California wildfires have reached $11.8 billion, making it the most expensive series of wildfires in state history, an official said Wednesday.
Two bears that were badly burned in last month's Southern California wildfires are back in the wild after doctors used alternative treatments including acupuncture to save them.
California's top insurance regulator said Thursday that insurers are increasingly refusing to offer homeowner's policies in areas prone to wildfire.
Officials have not yet assessed all the damage and effects of the fires, but the governor's office and the affected counties determined that $7.4 billion in federal funding is needed.
California's insurance commissioner says preliminary estimates of losses from the state's recent siege of wildfires exceed $1 billion and that the figure is expected to rise.
It's still too early to know the full extent of the damage to California's multi-billion dollar wine industry, but many wine enthusiasts including those Downtown L.A.'s San Antonio Winery are concerned.
Several homes were destroyed and more than 1,000 more were evacuated Monday in a brush fire that broke out along the Riverside (91) Freeway in Anaheim Hills. Several witnesses our reporters have been posting to Twitter.
Several homes were destroyed and more than 1,000 more were evacuated Monday in a brush fire that broke out along the Riverside (91) Freeway in Anaheim Hills.
At least 1,500 homes are threatened by the Detwiler Fire, which has already destroyed eight structures.
