Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...

Damaging forests can also cause them to produce more carbon than they capture. One of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon is industrial farming. Setting fire to the forest is one of ...

Newsom and California are frequently the target of Trump’s ire. Some of his most memorable criticisms of the state have been over how it manages its wildlands in the face of wildfire risk. In his ...

CBS News Confirmed checked Gov. Newsom's "fact checks" on the L.A.-area fires and found that although many were correct, a ...

The Great Chicago Fire? Right date, wrong event. I am referring to the Peshtigo Fire, a forest fire that destroyed 1.2 million acres and more than a dozen towns in Wisconsin. A mass grave in the ...

GOP leaders claim overregulation contribute to devastating fires. Democrats point to climate change as a factor.

Conditions have been ripe for wildfires thanks to a combination of an exceptionally dry period - downtown LA has only ...

Wildfire experts and politicians must focus on saving lives and neighborhoods from future fires, and rebuild in a fire-safe ...

For the last few weeks, a team of investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has worked ...

Cal Fire’s total base wildfire protection budget has nearly tripled over the past 10 years, from $1.1 billion in 2014‑15 to $3 billion in 2023‑24.

The Angeles National Forest will remain closed to the public through Sunday because of critical fire danger and to protect natural resources.

Gavin Newsom created "California Fire Facts," a page on his website to counter ... management of the state's firefighting resources and forest management. Many of the claims had been promoted ...