Nearly one year after the Palisades and Eaton fires, survivors face the possibility of resuming mortgage payments on homes ...

A new analysis of California’s “Safer from Wildfire” regulations reveals significant differences in how insurers are ...

During his first four years in office, Ricardo Lara failed to head off the looming property insurance contraction that saw ...

Rekindled blazes are raising questions about whether agencies need to rethink how they ensure fires are truly extinguished.

In a year marked by the costliest California fires on record, state lawmakers sent a large package of wildfire bills to the governor’s desk. One measure in particular promises outsized impacts for ...

California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary. By Orlando Mayorquín Reporting from Los Angeles The Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and ...

Data and aid to fight landslides fueled by bigger wildfires and intense storms are imperiled under President Trump.

WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS INVOLVES ONE OF THE BIGGEST CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES IN HISTORY. A MAN LIVING IN MELBOURNE. HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS BEEN ARRESTED, ...

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Every year, hundreds of incarcerated men and women in California prisons risk their lives, bodies and mental health to put out our state’s deadliest wildfires. For these sacrifices, they receive $5 to ...