LOS ANGELES (AP) — The federal government filed two lawsuits Thursday against Southern California Edison, alleging the utility's equipment sparked fires including January's Eaton Fire in the Los ...

SAN DIEGO — Governor Gavin Newsom has signed assembly bill 1881 which bans the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances in firefighting equipment, aiming to protect firefighters ...

Representatives for Hundred Acre Wines, the winery based north of Calistoga, have asked Cal Fire to investigate a trailer on its property as a potential ignition source for the Pickett Fire. The blaze ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) protects 31 million acres of California’s privately owned wildlands and responds to more than 550,000 emergencies every year. CAL ...

COBB — Cal Fire has declared war on wildland blazes, having just completed a five-year effort to replace its Vietnam War-era Huey helicopters with 16 Firehawks. This is while the state’s firefighting ...

Cal Fire has filed a complaint against Orange County and two Public Works employees seeking to recoup nearly $32 million in costs associated with last year’s Airport fire. The state agency filed in ...

A small fire that scorched about 5 acres in Escondido Monday was started by a lawn mower, according to Cal Fire San Diego. Firefighters were at about 10:15 a.m. to the fire near the 2200 block of San ...

IONE – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to celebrate the graduation of 39 new Company Officers from the Ione Training Center. This ceremony marks the successful ...

CAL FIRE is adopting NERIS to improve fire incident data collection and analysis across its large number of fire stations. The transition from NFIRS to NERIS reduces data fields, focusing on more ...

SAN DIEGO — Fire crews battled a brush fire that was burning in 4S Ranch, a North San Diego County neighborhood, on Sunday. The fire sent large plumes of smoke into the air that could be seen miles ...