california wildfires

Hot and dry early-season temperatures and a high supply of dry fuels have primed states for more severe and frequent fires this year.

University of California, Berkeley researchers are urging state officials to avoid rebuilding homes in areas destroyed by wildfires, saying it will keep homeowners out of harm’s way. But some people say it’s not as easy as it sounds.

University of California, Berkeley researchers are urging state officials to avoid rebuilding homes in areas destroyed by wildfires, saying it will keep homeowners out of harm’s way. But some people say it’s not as easy as it sounds. Pete Suratos reports.

NBC Bay Area Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura explains how to reduce fire risk where you live.

Crews are battling a wildfire in Yolo County. The fire so far has burned 20 acres and no containment.

A wildfire that broke out in far Northern California has prompted mandatory evacuations of a casino and some 40 rural homes

At least a tenth of the world’s mature giant sequoias were destroyed by a single California wildfire that tore through the southern Sierra Nevada last year, according to a draft report prepared by scientists with the National Park Service.

New report California’s wildfires are destroying California’s redwoods. The report by the National Park Service shows at least 10% of the mature trees were killed in last year’s Castle Fire.

The Sargents Fire in Monterey County has burned approximately 1100 acres and is at 80% containment.

Cal Fire officials are reporting that a new brush fire has broke out in Monterey County.

Senate Democrats say they intend to advance a 10-bill package to the Assembly in the next week as California rushes to prepare for raging wildfires amid an intensifying drought.

PG&E has agreed to pay local governments a combined $43.4 million to compensate for starting fires in 2019 and 2020 that destroyed hundreds of homes, forced mass evacuations and left four people dead in Northern California.

As California sinks deeper into drought it already has had more than 900 additional wildfires than at this point in 2020, which was a record-breaking year that saw more than 4% of the state’s land scorched by flames.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend a record amount of money on battling and preventing wildfires. Melissa Colorado reports.

The vegetation fire in the area of John Henry Johnson Parkway and Leland Road in Pittsburg is holding at five acres.

Hard work by firefighters and a decrease in winds stopped the spread of a brushfire that triggered evacuations in the city of Santa Barbara, authorities said Friday.

Hard work by firefighters and a decrease in winds stopped the spread of a brushfire that triggered evacuations in the city of Santa Barbara, authorities said Friday.

Crews are battling a fast-moving brush fire, that is threatening hundreds of homes and a Santa Barbara TV station Thursday night.

With a severe wildfire season projected, some landowners are using controlled burns to protect their properties Marianne Favro reports..