Initial location: Plumas County, Calif. A new prescribed burn, named Mh Dixie Irsc, was initiated today at 8:13 a.m. in ...

Smoke from the burn is expected to be visible from Magalia, Paradise, Chico, and the Sacramento Valley. However, the United ...

California can move forward with a new U.S. House map that would boost Democrats’ chances in the 2026 midterms, a federal court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel in Los Angeles ruled 2-1 to deny ...

One year ago, just after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a small brush fire broke out in Topanga State Park above the Pacific Palisades outside Los Angeles. Within hours, the Los Angeles Fire Department ...

A swath of California is under flood-related alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS) on Friday, after the state has faced impacts from an atmospheric river event over the Christmas period.

Is there a government that Los Angeles’ fire victims can depend upon? Probably not. Which is why they should demand the creation of a government of their own. It has been a year since the Palisades ...

A California policy that’s been delayed amid backlash could force millions of homeowners to rip out flowers, gardens and bushes near their homes to mitigate against the deadly wildfires that tore ...

Mobility challenges, medical needs and failed alerts left many older residents trapped when flames spread and smoke billowed as the Eaton and Palisades fires tore through Southern California last year ...

UC Davis forest ecologist Hugh Safford overlooks Echo Lake in the Lake Tahoe Basin. In August 2021, the Caldor Fire entered the basin but spared the communities of Meyers and Christmas Valley due to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Forward-looking: When wildfires sweep through the dry hills outside Los Angeles, homes can be lost in moments. A California startup imagines a different outcome: as embers fall and nearby brush ...