August is the best time of the year to take a dip in Lake Michigan, when its waters hover in the balmy upper 60s. Experts say so, and Chicago’s crowded beaches offer proof. But an invisible hazard can ...

Video from Alert California and KTVU showed several aircraft working to contain the fire, as a thick plume of smoke rose to ...

It has burned 131,614 acres after being active for 21 days, an increase of 25 acres since the last update. A crew of 2,106 firefighters has been working on site and, by Friday morning, they managed to ...

A report shows that 14 Western states, led by California, have nearly 2.6 million homes facing elevated wildfire risks.

Following the July 1 fireworks warehouse facility explosions that killed seven people in the Esparto area of Yolo County, state officials on Friday said they have revoked the pyrotechnics licenses for ...