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The new maps are the first to assess fire hazards in areas under local fire department control since 2011.

Wildfires sparked by lightning have kept hundreds of firefighters busy in Fresno County and the high Sierra Nevada region this week.

By Monday, the fire spread to 16,791 acres with 10% containment as hot and dry conditions fueled the fast-moving fire.

A months-long investigation from The California Newsroom examined Cal Fire’s efforts to prevent catastrophic wildfires, ahead of what could be another devastating fire season.

Cal Fire faces a mental health crisis. As wildfires intensify, thousands of overworked California firefighters carry a heavy load of trauma, pain and grief.

On this week’s Valley Edition: How COVID-19 outbreaks in rural schools affect the surrounding communities.Plus, why dozens of Cal Fire firefighters have…

For over 35 years, the United States has partnered with Mexico to share resources during peak fire activity. And right now, 100 Mexican firefighters are…

Multiple fires continue to ravage forests in the Sequoia. However, one area in the Sequoia National Forest escaped major destruction because of prescribed…

Due to such dry conditions here in California wildfires in recent memory have burned enormous portions of forest. Think the Rim Fire that destroyed 400…

In the late afternoon on Memorial Day, a wildfire touched off in rural Mariposa County. Just two days later, the so-called Hunters Fire has engulfed 1300…