The fire broke out near the site of a planned prescribed burn along Highway 128, but Cal Fire listed the cause as under investigation.

State and federal fire officials have unveiled a new plan to boost wildfire prevention, even as California funding sources are drying up.

After late-spring rain, and with an El Niño brewing, experts say the outlook for the summer is especially complicated.

California fires have triggered evacuation orders and warnings, as well as an Air Quality Watch.

More than a week after a series of large wildfires broke out across Southern California and burned nearly 23,000 acres of land, firefighters are finally reaching full containment of the Santa Rosa Island,

PG&E said it is monitoring conditions that could trigger a Public Safety Power Shutoff, or PSPS, beginning Wednesday and potentially lasting into Thursday. If implemented, it would be the utility's second wildfire-prevention shutoff of 2026.

Unusually early red flag warnings show how heat, dry fuels and winds could worsen California’s wildfire season.

After a Washington Post inquiry, Michael Soller, deputy commissioner of communications for the California Department of Insurance, indicated Commissioner Ricardo Lara will launch a review of these insurance policies.