The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of the region in January.

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) ...

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.

Seven people are still "unaccounted for" in Yolo County's town of Esparto after several explosions at a fireworks warehouse ...

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

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 ...

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, ...