The device can be deployed in fire-prone areas and left for years without maintenance, according to its creators. When a fire ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Fire crews are battling a brush fire that is burning in San Diego near apartment homes in City ...

A California wildfire that started on Wednesday afternoon continues to burn, having destroyed over 35,000 acres as of ...

Now that the Central Coast area has entered peak wildfire season, the Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties Air Pollution Control districts ...

The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

With smoke from the growing fire off State Route 166 blowing into Santa Barbara County, an air quality watch was issued by ...

Firefighters are responding to a fast-moving wildfire called the Madre Fire, which has now burned 35,530 acres in rural ...

A massive wildfire scored 52,593 acres in the southeastern corner of San Luis Obispo County by Thursday evening, forcing the ...

About 101,500 new housing units were permitted statewide last year, a 9% drop from the previous year and the state’s lowest ...

A vegetation fire quickly scorched a swath of grassland and forced the closure of Highway 166 on the San Luis Obispo-Santa ...

Cooler temperatures and humidity are helping firefighters fight the fire, which nearly doubled in size since Monday afternoon ...

"This is a lawful order to LEAVE NOW," Cal Fire said. "The area is lawfully closed to public access." ...