The California FAIR Plan, the insurer of last resort, received approval to assess member carriers $1 billion to help pay its L.A. fire losses -- with consumers possibly on the hook for nearly half.

They stem from a 2024 decision by the commissioner to “allow the insurance companies that comprise and operate the California FAIR Plan, the state’s ‘insurer of last resort,’ to pass ...

City councilmembers in Berkeley, California, are considering law to ban most plants within five feet of houses in ...

Governor Gavin Newsom is seeking to extend California’s key pollution-reduction program even as President Donald Trump ramps up attacks on the state’s climate efforts. The cap-and-trade ...

That moment led him and Kelly Berkompas to develop BrandGuard Vents, an ember-resistant vent ... especially in California. Investing in fire-resistant materials and design isn’t just smart ...

As California’s student housing crisis deepens, Assembly member Corey Jackson proposes a stark emergency measure—legally allowing homeless students to sleep in their cars on campus.

Cal Fire released new fire hazard severity maps for Southern California on Monday ... for example using ignition-resistant building materials, covering vents that could allow embers to enter ...

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — The Sevierville Fire Department is upholding a longstanding tradition at fire stations across the country — having a dalmatian. Ember arrived at the fire department as a ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR) — A large fire in New Bedford Friday afternoon leaves 18 people displaced. The call came in around 4:38 p.m. from a resident who said the building was one fire.

Smoke from a fire approaching a California neighborhood - Doug Meek/Getty Images ...