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Moderate weather and well-timed rainstorms in much of California combined to curb the acreage and structures burned.
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Two decades ago, the U.S. Forest Service warned that a wildfire mirroring the Caldor Fire’s progression could easily wipe Grizzly Flats off the map. The Forest Service took steps to prevent such a catastrophe, but an investigation from CapRadio and The California Newsroom found the plan fell short.
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A wildfire that threatened Yosemite's Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias is burning eastward into the Sierra National Forest.
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As the Washburn Fire grows near Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, around 1,600 people in the nearby community of Wawona have been ordered to evacuate, including high-schoolers at a summer camp
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A fire official told a community meeting Monday night that the blaze has been on the outskirts of the famed Mariposa Grove and officials don't believe it will advance inward.
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In late 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new program to dramatically speed up the state’s wildfire prevention work. But an investigation from CapRadio and The California Newsroom found the program hasn’t resulted in a single completed project.
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On the part of the community of Rock Haven that received forest thinning treatments, the Creek Fire lost enough intensity to spare mature trees and historic homes.
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This story was produced for WNYC Studios radio show Science Friday. You can find the original post and audio piece here.A Piece Of Paradise It was Labor…
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Dangerous Air, an investigation by NPR's California Newsroom into the rise of western wildfire smoke and the extent it harms health, is based on more than…
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KVPR talks with U.C. Merced professor Crystal Kolden to learn how climate change is making wildfires in California more severe.