Mendocino County was expecting close to $50 million in grant funds which would have gone to retrofit 750 homes with ignition-resistant construction materials, hire crews to reduce fuels on about 1,500 ...

On a windy afternoon last week, the Anchorage Fire Department's wildfire division chief stood at the edge of a parking lot off Dowling Road, looking at a blond field of dry grass, a stand of stunted ...