The fire rapidly spread to over 35,000 acres overnight as it burned through grasslands in a section of the Los Padres National Park. By around 9:30 p.m. PT on July 3, the fire expanded to ...

Matt LaFever has reported on California’s North Coast in print and radio for nearly a decade. A Humboldt State grad and ...

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

Speaking of which, Humboldt State University (officially California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt since 2022) ...

A wildfire in a wilderness area on the Central California coast grew to more than 52,500 acres Friday as the fire-prone state ...

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

At the outset of the blaze, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office estimated that some 500 acres were already burned at the scene, near the 10000 block of Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest.

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

The fire is burning at Old Banning Idyllwild Road and Wolfskill Truck Trail. Evacuations are mostly in place south of I-10 and east of Lamb Canyon Road. According to Cal Fire's most recent update, ...

This map shows where the Juniper fire is burning in Mead Valley Juniper brush fire growth in Mead Valley stopped at 688 acres ...

California remained the world’s fourth-largest economy as 2025 started by a narrow margin.

Fire season has begun with a bang in California, where more than a dozen wildfires have ignited since Saturday — the largest of which are located in Riverside and San Bernardino and counties. Here is ...