Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hot and dry weather in the West creates the perfect conditions for wildfires. One currently burning in central Oregon, the ...

The roar of helicopters echoed through Pope Valley as the Pickett Fire crested the ridges above Aetna Springs. Winds drove flames down the canyons in jagged tongues of orange, a plume visible for ...

Just six months after the devastating Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires that swept across Los Angeles and with memories of the 2020 fires in Napa County still fresh, it’s increasingly clear that the ...

Backers of an effort to raise $23 million annually for countywide wildfire prevention and open space projects are collecting signatures to put the measure on the ballot.