The California governor is trying to accelerate forest thinning while the president wants to increase timber production but ...

A new prescribed burn, named Morehinge March, was initiated today at 10:10 a.m. in Merced County. The prescribed fire has ...

A new prescribed burn, named Moraga 2 & 3, was initiated 10:52 a.m. April 7 in Merced County. The prescribed fire has been ...

The region of the USDA Forest Service that California is in, is hiring permanent wildland firefighters for the 2025 fire year across national forests and grasslands.Several positions are open ...

LATEST April 22, 2:55 p.m. Pacific Gas & Electric reached out to SFGATE after publication of this story to clarify that the substation that went up in flames in rural Tehama County over the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles allege major home insurance companies have colluded to limit coverage in California communities at high risk for wildfires and force ...

and we are going to focus on solving the challenges in the insurance market in California,” said Stef Zielezienski, the group’s chief legal officer. The state Department of Insurance said it ...

The lawsuit said the companies worked together in 2023 to “suddenly and simultaneously” drop coverage or halt writing new policies in fire ... California due to climate change. The state ...

Read more on our AI policy here. A new prescribed burn, named Torres, was initiated 10:17 a.m. April 17 in Merced County. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the U.S ...

FILE – An aerial view shows the devastation from the Palisades Fire on beachfront homes Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) The state Department of Insurance ...

according to University of California, Merced researchers. David Binder, whose firm conducted the survey, said voters voiced concern over the economic disruption that could result from mass ...