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.

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

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

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

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

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

The Wolf Fire burning in Banning is the largest of the fires sparked over the weekend. Evacuation orders and warnings are in ...

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, ...

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

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