A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday ...

The fire has prompted evacuation orders, warnings and highway closures in San Luis Obispo County about 100 miles north of Los ...

The Madre Fire, now the largest wildfire in California this year, expanded to 79,630 acres by Saturday, July 5, prompting ...

Planned burns rid properties of vegetation that can send wildfires racing across the landscape.

More than 600,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest in California could re-open to industrial logging and road-building ...

A rapidly growing wildfire in California’s San Luis Obispo County has scorched more than 52,600 acres, becoming the state’s ...

The California coast, meanwhile, confronts the long-term threat of rising seas. The state forecasts eroding coastlines will ...

Authorities in Northern California’s Yolo County said seven people were missing after a massive explosion at a fireworks ...

Cal Fire reported that 300 personnel, four helicopters, 70 engines, two dozers, three water tenders and other crews had been ...

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said that the fire was "wind-driven and threatening multiple structures in the Apple Valley area." ...

BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has ...

With Utah’s dry climate and extreme weather, Utah faces many of the same wildfire threats as California in January. Could Utah be next?