Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance the implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more ...

As Southern California recovers from its costliest wildfire disaster, western Washington is fighting to ... strategy for preparedness by targeting forest resilience, reducing wildfire risk in ...

Yet as fire swept down from the Santa Monica mountains last week, L.A. still had no professional unit ready to aid in the initial attack, according to a Washington ... state and from U.S. Forest ...

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to prepare for future urban firestorms with updates to fire hazard maps.

The fires that ... eastern part of the state to the western side, said Brian Harvey, an associate professor at the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences.

A Cal Fire crew member works to mop up hot spots ... securing funding to hire more firefighters, easing state regulations for forest management and utilizing better technology.

A new wildfire broke out in Los Angeles County, California, Wednesday, called the Hughes fire that has already grown to more than 5,000 acres in size. The blaze broke out near the Castaic Lake ...

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