CAL FIRE recommends home hardening and creating defensible space by maintaining a five-foot buffer zone around homes.

California is observing Wildfire Preparedness Week from May 4 to May 10, urging residents to take proactive steps to protect ...

Residential burglaries are up about 450% in the Altadena area compared with last year, as thieves target homes that survived ...

In 2024, the county was awarded a multi-year grant totaling almost $50 million to retrofit 750 homes with ignition-resistant construction materials and build defensible spaces and reduce fuels on ...

This year’s Southern California wildfires, which broke out in similar terrain, served as a reminder to heed evacuation warnings immediately, know evacuation routes and plan ahead. "Many of our ...

Residents were overtaken by fire during their evacuation of the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California. A small town may only ...

A large fire engulfed a three-story abandoned building at the intersection of Molly Street and First Street in Solvang early ...

There were relatively few arrests inside evacuation zones during the LA fires, yet California legislators have put looting center stage.