Highway 92 in San Mateo County is closed as of noon Friday after a crash sent one vehicle 20 feet off an embankment, ...

Cal Fire firefighters currently operate on season employment, working nine months out of the year before they're laid off ...

LOS ANGELES − After nearly a month of destruction, smoke, and ash, the Eaton and Palisades fires that once ensconced Los Angeles have been fully contained, according to Cal Fire. "The conditions, that ...

At a briefing at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, crews from Cal Fire said progress was being made in fighting the fire and they were hopeful incoming rains would help put out some flames and improve air ...

As of 7:15 p.m. PT, the fire had burned 566 acres and was at 0% containment, according to Cal Fire. The department said the blaze had a "dangerous rate'' of spread in an earlier update.

It was first reported at about 50 acres — but soon mushroomed to more than 10,000 acres by midnight, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.

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Parts of Interstate 5 were closed, but reopened late Wednesday night. Earlier in the day, Cal Fire urged residents in several regions near the Hughes Fire to leave immediately, including the ...

Residents who live in the area can check if their area is under an evacuation order or warning by looking at the map below or by visiting the Genasys Protect or the Cal Fire websites. So far ...

"These were reductions to one-time augmentations, not reductions to CalFire's [California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection] ongoing base programs and funding," Rachel Ehlers, analyst for ...