Crozier fire prompts evacuations in parts of El Dorado County
A wildfire ignited northeast of Placerville early Wednesday, prompting evacuation warnings for communities in El Dorado County. The Crozier fire started at 1:21 a.m. on...
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Park fire seen from space: Before and after wildfire swept through
The Park fire, California’s biggest and most destructive of 2024, continues to rage in Northern California, having already burned 414,000 acres across four counties and...
What it’s like to travel to Maui one year after the catastrophic wildfires
Five hundred feet outside the Lahaina burn zone, the tourists receive their leis. As the torches of the Old Lahaina Luau flicker, bartenders mix mai...
Hot, dry weather continues to fuel fires across California
Hot, dry weather across California continues to fuel fires, with explosive growth again recorded at the Park fire in Butte and Tehama counties, as well...
Park fire threatens critical California salmon habitat
California’s spring-run Chinook salmon were already in the midst of a population crash before the Park fire exploded into the state’s fourth-largest wildfire in history....
Fast-moving wildfire in San Bernardino engulfs hillside homes
A fast-moving wildfire burned through a hillside community in San Bernardino on Monday afternoon, damaging homes and sending residents running. The Edgehill fire erupted in...
California history reduced to ash: Borel fire destroys Havilah
HAVILAH, Calif. — There was gold in these hills. Hidden in the rugged Sierra Nevada amid sprawling pine forests, Havilah was once a bustling mining town...
Pacific Dining Car building, one of the city’s historic monuments, is badly damaged in fire
The Pacific Dining Car restaurant building, a historic-cultural monument where the city’s movers and shakers once dined, was heavily damaged in a fire on Saturday....
How California insurers base premiums on your home’s wildfire risk
In the past several years, homeowners across the state have been either burdened with extremely high insurance premiums or have struggled to find coverage at...
FAIR Plan insurance reforms blasted as an industry ‘bailout’
A new law that could force homeowners across California to cover billions of dollars of insurer losses caused by a catastrophic wildfire is generating pushback...