A trio of satellites set to launch early Tuesday will give wildland firefighters more time to respond and scientists more information about fire-prone regions across the globe.

Nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance launched its FireSat satellites from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It’s the first few wildfire detection satellites launched as part of a larger planned FireSat constellation that by 2029 will have more satellites delivering data at an hourly rate globally, according to Earth Fire Alliance.

Jennifer Pedranti -- a star on the hit show "The Real Housewives of Orange County" -- says her son was involved in starting a brush fire in Southern California. The reality star posted on her

A large wildfire has burned a third of Santa Rosa Island in California’s Channel Islands National Park — an area home to dozens of rare plants and animals, including some found nowhere else in the world.

Areas of San Bernardino, Kern, Inyo and Tulare counties are under a red flag warning until 11 p.m. Saturday as forecasters warn that strong winds and critically low humidity are generating dangerous fire weather conditions.

Fire crews made significant progress overnight on the Van Fire in Mariposa County as ground and air resources continued working to contain the blaze.

Three wildfires have burned more than 3,500 acres this week in Southern California and triggered evacuation orders and warnings for tens of thousands of residents in Ventura and Riverside counties. The fires blanketed widespread parts of the region with ...

A new Stanford study found average home insurance premiums have surged 84% in the past five years, with the biggest impacts in high-risk fire zones. Researchers say more homeowners are being pushed into the state's costly FAIR Plan as insurers pull back coverage.

After late-spring rain, and with an El Niño brewing, experts say the outlook for the summer is especially complicated. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. She is based in San Francisco. The landscape across California has ...

In 2007, the Angora Fire burned through this landscape overlooking Lake Tahoe. Taken in 2022, this image and researcher surveys show that, even 19 years later, most of the burned area continues to support very few or no tree seedlings. (Hugh Safford/UC ...