Cooler temperatures and more rain in March helped some regions in the state. But forecasts reveal persistent drought and ...

Total insured losses from the Southern California wildfires earlier this year are estimated to be as high $45 billion.

One in 8 Californians now live in places at risk for the kinds of devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this ...

Many businesses are still without a home three months after the devastating California wildfires. The fires didn’t just burn homes, they also altered livelihoods in the community.

Here is what we know about the weather involved in the California fires and what it has in common with Texas weather. The prime weather-related factor behind the fires are some unusually strong ...

Wildfires are a serious and recurring issue in California, with three main causes behind the Los Angeles tragedy: Climate ...

The National Weather Service has forecasted southwest winds of 25 to 35 mph and gusts up to 65 mph on Monday for the region. Earlier this year, California's biggest city Los Angeles suffered the worst ...

Other factors priming California to burn include a phenomenon known as weather whiplash, in which years of plentiful rain are followed by drought, allowing vegetation to grow abundantly before drying ...

California's snowpack has hit a 25-year milestone, reaching 96 percent of the historical average. The accumulation of snow in ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of Delaware.

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...