The Latest Breaking News from California

Millions of Southern Californians were on edge as winds began picking up during a final round of dangerous fire weather forecast for the region where two massive blazes have killed at least 25 and destroyed thousands of homes

The Los Angeles fires are a national disaster of epic proportions. City officials, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and President-elect Donald Trump have traded accusations about what caused this crisis. But as an engineering professor who lives in Los Angeles and has studied extreme events and natural and human-caused disasters for…

California's disaster shows how climate change has made wildfires more intense and more frequent

Firefighters report gains in containing Eaton and Palisades fires; more than 120,000 people still without power

As California’s massive wildfires burn, thousands of GoFundMe campaigns for victims have become an outlet for onlookers transfixed by the blazes and eager to do something to help

High winds and severely dry conditions have created a ‘particularly dangerous situation’

President Biden establishes Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments in California, protecting vast acres of land.

Governor Newsom's executive order aims to protect wildfire victims in Los Angeles from predatory cash offers. Measures taken to prevent exploitation and up...

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