Keep assembled pet carriers and leashes ready. Have your name, cell number and vet's name and office number written clearly on carriers. For more information on preparing pets for evacuation, see the ...

Leading into the much-anticipated release of the state’s mapping of high fire severity zones, Menlo Park and Atherton fire, ...

Though no community can be made fireproof, discarding past urban design practices could make areas abutting wilderness safer ...

The old adage goes “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but all four panelists at a UC Davis Symposium on Friday agreed that ...

Firefighters who battled the California wildfires traveled to Oklahoma, along with firefighting planes staged in Burns Flat in preparation for the fire danger.

Individual planning is emphasized, as well as city of San Diego efforts and group preparation through Fire Safe Councils ...

High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in ...

Spring is springing in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Here's what's new in the park, and how much winter rain ...

More than 1,100 fires in San Diego last year may have begun in homeless encampments, amounting to almost a fifth of all ...

Here is where you can check live feeds that show conditions in the Sierra as rain or snow falls. Below is a view from South Lake Tahoe Airport. See other snow cameras at Sierra resorts and from across ...

A new study using the largest network of microphones to track birds in the United States is providing crucial insights for managing and restoring fire-prone forests across California's Sierra Nevada ...

San Rafael-based nonprofit developer EAH Housing has exclusive rights to negotiate with the city over a purchase price of the ...