CalMatters reports on the alarming issue of home development in highly flammable areas in the state of California.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said the Center Fire was reported just before 9 a.m. on Jan. 22 in an area near Bernardo Center Drive and Camino del Norte.

The owner of a Malibu mansion where a 22-year-old San Diego college student burned to death in 2021 has filed a $50 million lawsuit against booking-company Tripadvisor and two of its subsidiaries, ...

Audrey Barton’s 12-year-old daughter Isabella has been living in a unit on top of her family’s garage for the past year.

Californians live in the wildland-urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.

More than an inch of rain fell in many areas, loosening Los Angeles hillsides burned bare by the recent blaze near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

At the same time, more people are sheltering under bushes and trees. Homelessness along the riverbed rose after the city of ...

Some have fled the threat of future floods. Some have returned to rebuilt homes. And others are still waiting.

The House of Representatives has passed the Fix Our Forests Act, legislation aimed at sharpening forest management strategies to curb wildfires.

Two wildfires ignited early Tuesday in San Diego, California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. The Lilac ...

Residents express gratitude as firefighters battle multiple fires across San Diego County, saving homes and lives.