A new wildfire was reported today at 3:14 p.m. in San Bernardino County, California. Sorrel Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.

Cal Fire crews responded to a structure fire in Palo Cedro Friday night in the 22000 block of Knollwood Drive.

The state agency has filed a complaint in court to recover costs associated with the 2024 blaze that burned 23,000 acres across Orange and Riverside counties.

As California again delays controversial rules requiring homeowners in fire-prone areas to maintain a 5-foot “ember-resistant” zone around their houses, a new report finds that properties that were already close to that standard were much less likely to be destroyed in the devastating Los Angeles wildfires in January.

The pile burning project, called 2025 Suppression Repair Repair, was initiated 8:06 a.m. Dec. 10 in Del Norte County, California. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for four days.

Fire crews are revealing new details about what happened during the devastating September Lightning Complex Fire.

Cal Fire San Benito-Monterey has the largest unmanned aircraft systems program of its kind in the state, in both number of pilots and flight hours.

We’ve got Santa Ana wind pattern coming up,” Captain Mike Cornette of Cal Fire San Diego County said. “We have winds anywhere from 20 to 30 miles per hour throughout the County.

The Pickett Fire in Northern California has charred at least 10 square miles (26 square kilometers) of Napa County. It was 13% contained by Monday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. “The fire is ...

Brush fires are burning in the San Bernardino County mountains, and Riverside and Santa Barbara counties as Southern California faces some of the warmest temperatures of the season. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The wildfires ...

CAL FIRE’s Butte Unit hosted the Winter 2025 A450 Basic Remote Pilot Class this week, giving students the first step in the agency’s training pipeline for aspiring drone pilots, according

Brian Fennessy has nearly 50 years of fire experience, which began in the late 1970s on elite federal hotshot crews and other wildfire teams.