california wildfires

Sequoia National Park says lightning-sparked wildfires in the past two years have killed a minimum of nearly 10,000 giant sequoia trees in California

A former college professor was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly starting four wildfires in Northern California earlier this year that threatened to trap firefighters as they battled a massive fire nearby, federal prosecutors said.

The chief of California’s forestry and wildland firefighting agency will retire next month after shepherding the state through three historic wildfire seasons.

PG&E officials admit their program to cut power to neighborhoods at the first sign of trouble was a “sledgehammer” approach – but stressed that the program likely cut the number of fires this year.

PG&E is facing a new probation violation charge stemming from the deadly Zogg Fire, court documents show, even as its five-year probation term over the San Bruno gas explosion case is up early next year.

Part of the rebirth of Paradise is Mayor Steve Crowder. He moved there eight years ago and was elected to the city council just days before the Camp Fire started. He lost his home and his businesses.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has marked the third anniversary of California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire by announcing that nearly 100,000 damaged trees have been removed and debris cleaned up from some 11,000 properties.

A geography professor at UC Riverside says aggressive wildfire-fighting tactics don’t allow wildfire fuels to burn like they once did, keeping the doors open for massive fires in the future

Wildfire season is officially over for Santa Rosa, the city fire department announced on Monday.

A regrowing effort led by the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is one of the extraordinary measures being taken to save giant sequoias that were once considered nearly fire-proof.

Around 10,000 sequoia trees need to be removed to avoid them from potentially falling onto people or cars.

The 2-month-old California wildfire that threatened the Lake Tahoe resort region over the summer has been declared 100% contained

The Estrada Fire, burning in Santa Cruz County, is now 90% contained after burning about 150 acres near Watsonville.

The Estrada Fire, which sparked in south Santa Cruz County when a prescribed burn jumped its containment lines Friday, is now 25 percent contained. Christie Smith reports.

Officials issued evacuation orders and warnings after a fire that started as prescribed burn jumped its containment line in Santa Cruz County Friday afternoon. Sergio Quintana and Rob Mayeda report.

Officials have issued evacuation orders and warnings after a fire that started as prescribed burn jumped its containment line in Santa Cruz County Friday afternoon.

Officials issued evacuation orders and warnings after a fire that started as a prescribed burn spread out of control and jumped its containment line in Santa Cruz County Friday afternoon. The fire is currently 10% contained.

Fire crews are battling the Alisal fire in Santa Barbara County, which has burned over 6,000 acres and remains at 0% contained as of Tuesday morning.

A major highway in Southern California’s coastal mountains remained closed Wednesday and evacuation orders were in place as a growing wildfire chewed through dry vegetation in the region.

Firefighters and numerous studies credit forest thinning projects with helping to save communities like those near Lake Tahoe