Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready?

Contra Costa County officials have lifted a shelter-in-place order that was placed after a fire erupted Saturday at the Martinez Refining Co., injuring at least six people.

A combination of hotter and drier weather and more people living in places that naturally burn are making things complicated.

Two people were taken to the hospital with injuries after a vehicle crashed into a tree in Sacramento's Pocket neighborhood.

Coverage of the Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires in Southern California during a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire ...

The Gilman Fire broke out in La Jolla neighborhood today, while a brush fire at the border with Mexico, has engulfed 20 acres ...

LA County Sheriff says about 31,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders while another 23,000 were under evacuation ...

The Hughes Fire that started on Wednesday has burned through over 5,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties on ...

Mandatory evacuation orders and warnings have been issued for a fast-moving wildfire that has burned at least 3,400 acres near Castaic Wednesday morning, authorities said. Residents who live in ...

The spiking levels underscore the added danger from wildfires when cars, homes, and other structures burn, researchers said.

A home that was spared by the Palisades Fire has now ... Most of Southern California -- including the areas ravaged by fires -- in severe drought, according to the latest map from the U.S. Drought ...

Los Angeles and other areas in California are among the highest-risk ... Here's a look at locations in the United States that are in a fire-risk area, based on the Federal Emergency Management ...