SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Exactly five years ago, on Sept. 9, 2020, wildfires were raging across Northern California and sending thick smoke drifting into the Bay Area. Smoke partially shrouded the sun ...

Researchers say better modeling of multi-ignition fires could help protect firefighters and guide smarter deployments.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More homes have been lost to wildfire in the last eight years than in any other period in California history. The ...

Researchers have developed a potential tool to improve the understanding of multi-ignition fires and the weather systems they create.

Seventy percent of the 20 most destructive wildfires in state history have occurred since fall 2017, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. To understand the pace and ...

A sprawling bill passed at the eleventh hour by California lawmakers a week ago to address energy affordability included a massive infusion to the state’s wildfire restitution fund, established in ...

California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary. By Orlando Mayorquín Reporting from Los Angeles The Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and ...

Over the last eight years, wildfires have burned down more houses than at any time in California history. Decades of homebuilding in forests and foothills have left millions of residents exposed as ...

A California state agency won’t meet Governor Gavin Newsom’s year-end deadline to finish long-delayed regulations to protect homes from wildfires, rules that experts say could have limited the ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – 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 ...