The Bear Fire in unincorporated Santa Cruz County is "calming down" and is now 50 percent contained, a Cal Fire division chief said this morning. "We're somewhat scaling down now that the fire is ...

This story is no longer being updated. Read our latest story on the Mosquito Fire, or visit our wildfire resources. Updated Sept. 12, 9:20 a.m. After exploding in size during last week’s historic heat ...

Reporting from MONTECITO, Calif. — Firefighters took advantage of light winds in Santa Barbara County late Sunday, mounting an aggressive attack directly on the massive Thomas fire’s western face a ...

PARACHUTE, Colo. (KJCT) - In spite of predictions for a day of high fire activity on the 4th, firefighters kept the blaze under control and calm. Firefighters said that the plan created to tackle ...

Though the sky over Westwood was powder blue and the brown pall of wildfire smoke from the Palisades Fire consigned to the western edge of the sky, the campus of UCLA was quiet on Sunday afternoon.

PLACER COUNTY — As a brutal heat wave finally appeared to ease up, fire crews were digging away at large control lines on Saturday morning to prevent the Mosquito Fire from traveling further south ...

The Caldor Fire moderated early Thursday, giving residents of Grizzly Flats time to start taking stock of all they lost and what survived. Days after frantically evacuating, a few residents returned ...

Firefighters are inching toward containment of the Dolan Fire, which has scorched 200 square miles along Highway 1 south of Big Sur. That fire is one of many that have left California choking on smoke ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 12—CRESCENT BAR — Evacuation warnings were downgraded Wednesday morning to Level 1 for the Crescent Bar and Trinidad ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Pearl Street Mall on Sunday afternoon was so picture perfect — a bluebird sky, Boulder shoppers dipping in and out of brick buildings, children playing ...