A business owner was operating an excavator on Aug. 25, 2021, to assess the viability of developing a commercial property in Fontana when the steel treads of the excavator ignited dry vegetation in a ...

An Upland-based contractor has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement over the damaging South Fire, which burned through Lytle ...

Carbon dioxide emissions from wildfires that have been globally on the rise since 2000 spiked dramatically to a record high in 2021, according to a new study. This is about 150 per cent higher than ...

California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary. By Orlando Mayorquín Reporting from Los Angeles The Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. California is no stranger to wildfires. Over many years, numerous ...

At last month’s meeting of the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force in Redlands, Director Patrick Wright remembered the group’s early days: “Candidly, when I started this job, we got ...