Michael Cabanatuan May 7, 2021Updated: May 8, 2021 4:18 p.m.Comments With dry offshore winds and warm temperatures forecast for the weekend, the National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning — the first of the year and a possible portent of a long and...

Photo: Pacific Southwest Forest Service, USDA It’s only May 5th and we may already be on the verge of another historic fire season in California. Cal Fire reported today that 13,604 acres have burned from 1,788 wildfires throughout the state in 2021. At this...

By Don Jergler | April 6, 2021 Roughly three dozen pieces of California legislation are directly related to wildfire, and while those bills should hold much interest for the insurance community, there are other bills making their rounds that should draw...

Génesis Miranda Miramontes 14 hours ago A roughly 28-acre brush fire, dubbed the Country Fire, broke out Thursday afternoon in the Thousand Oaks area and is threatening some homes and prompting evacuations, Ventura County Fire Department said. As of 6:40 p.m.,...

A helicopter takes part in the battle against the Sandalwood fire at a mobile home park in Calimesa on Oct. 10, 2019. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)By JOHN MYERS SACRAMENTO BUREAU CHIEF APRIL 8, 2021 UPDATED 5:13 PM PT SACRAMENTO — ...

OSU Fall 2020 wildfire impacts in Oregon were devastating, wide-ranging Estimated 11% of Cascades burned last fall -- and this summer's forecasts look "as bad or worse than last year' CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An unprecedented combination of strong easterly winds and...