A draft executive order the White House is considering plans to overhaul how the nation fights wildfires by creating a new federal agency that prioritizes quickly putting out fires.

A bipartisan cohort of U.S. West senators on Friday introduced legislation aimed at managing forests and mitigating fires, ...

Rep. Vince Fong (R-Calif.) can't shake the environmental fight over reducing wildfire threats in California's sequoia groves.

Utility maps of wildfire risk need updating, says the California Public Advocate—and utilities agree. State regulators voted ...

When the Retreat Fire exploded into a serious threat for people and homes last summer, forcing the closure of U.S. Highway 12 ...

The bill would have allowed victims of fires, floods and hurricanes to sue fossil fuel companies over harm to themselves or ...

The Post's analysis — which accounted for local fire services, fire history, weather patterns, and local terrain — found that ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued an emergency order to increase timber harvesting across 113 million acres of ...

Wildfires are a serious and recurring issue in California, with three main causes behind the Los Angeles tragedy: Climate ...

"We've got to double down on the efforts of wildfire mitigation," California State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant said.

A dozen teachers in Pasadena, Calif., whose homes burned were told they’ll lose their jobs at the end of the school year, a ...