New state fire maps have moved much of Ross residents into a greater wildfire hazard zone. The Town Council voted unanimously ...

District 5 residents can learn about wildfire preparation and the state’s new Fire Hazard Severity Zone map on April 18 in RB ...

Palm Springs has been downgraded from a “very high” to a “moderate” fire hazard severity zone in newly released maps from the ...

A house caught fire Monday evening in Turlock and five people were displaced, officials said. Fire crews were dispatched around 6:33 p.m. to a property in the 200 block of North Olive Avenue, the ...

Home and building owners in some parts of northeast Bakersfield will have to take additional fire prevention measures next ...

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Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: The devastating unintended ...

A controversial law involving Oregon’s Wildfire Risk Map would be repealed, under a bill in the Legislature. The map would ...

Nicholas John Roske was arrested near Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in June 2022. Roske was armed with a gun and ...

Federal funding for Tahoe/Truckee environmental work is in limbo, stalling critical conservation work just as wildfire season ...

Some Democratic-led states and cities are pushing back on a Trump administration threat to cut education funding over ...

Though the Forest Service says it will follow USDA orders, veteran San Bernardino forest managers say they know it can't be done.