Thanks to overnight rains, firefighters made significant progress and evacuees should return home in time for Thanksgiving.
County officials have declared a local emergency as the fire moved toward populated areas of Santa Barbara County.
Researchers are building tools so officials can use data to learn how to rebuild communities devastated by natural disasters.
Brian Ishmael was killed while responding to a call in Somerset, El Dorado County.
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PG&E's reorganization plan calls for wildfire payments, keeping rates neutral and making good on renewable energy contracts.
History shows that September and October, with their hot, fierce winds, are the state’s worst times for fire.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office released the second official list of names of the California boat fire.
The cause of the riot is under investigation. No guards were injured.
Police shootings are more common in California than in most states — and way more common than in other large states.
Police are calling the Sunday night incident a quadruple murder-suicide that's one of the most violent 27-year Sgt. Garcia can remember.
In the video, a woman in a red shirt rides a scooter through a residential area of Bakersfield as a small dog is dragged behind her.
Below are photos from the chaotic scene of the deadly shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California on Nov. 07, 2018.
The victims included the gunman's wife. "Obviously, these are not random shootings," Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said.
The Ranch Fire is 98 percent contained and the River Fire is 100 percent contained, fire officials announced Sunday.
The Shasta County Sheriff's Office said the blaze was about 15 to 20 acres in the area of Ranchera Road and Shasta Street.
Cal Fire said the mechanic died early Thursday morning on Highway 99.
Officials said the fire is nearly the size of Los Angeles.
The fire burned through parts of the Stanislaus National Forest.
The Ranch Fire and the River Fire burning in Northern California grew to 273,000 acres.
Weather experts say the raging wildfires can produce pyrocumulus clouds that will then create lightning, making fire conditions worse.
The Ranch and River fires grew to more than 250,000 acres by Sunday morning.
PG&E officials didn't release details surrounding the death, only to say the worker was near the Shasta County blaze.
The fire tornado generated on July 26 at the Carr Fire's height achieved wind speeds exceeding 143 mph.
Firefighters prepared for another day of dry conditions that can worse the brush fires.
More than 1,000 structures have been destroyed in recent days and thousands more remain threatened.
Fire officials say the battle against the wildfire will be more difficult as temperatures heat up.
Two wildfires that erupted Friday afternoon threatened more than 12,000 structures.
More than 1,200 structures were destroyed in the blaze that ignited eight days ago.
Redding Police Chief Roger Moore said he and two other officers were among the hundreds who lost their homes.
The death toll rose over the weekend as crews continued to battle the Ferguson Fire.
The Carr Fire in Shasta County grew to 103,772 acres as thousands of firefighters worked to contain the massive blaze.
A Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park firefighter died in one of many blazes to burn across California
Police said Mitchell Bryan Stuebgen, a methamphetamine addict, had multiple weapons.
Crews were battling two wildfires in Mendocino County that burned tens of thousands of acres.
The Carr Fire, which sparked six days ago, is 17 percent contained. Thousands remain evacuated as fires burn across the state.
The fire burning near Yosemite National Park has grown in containment.
Another 5,000 structures remain threatened as 3,400 personnel work to contain the massive blaze.
A tough look at this week's devastation in California as Cranston and Carr fires continue to engulf land, take lives and wreak havoc.
The Ferguson Fire has burned 36,000 acres since igniting 12 days ago.