Recent wildfires are larger and more intense than they've ever been in the historical record. If you've been watching the news at any point in the last decade, that's no surprise.

A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland-urban interface. And when fires sweep through ...

A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians, or one in three, lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland-urban interface. And this ...

Wildland–Urban Interface (WUI ... that show a significant surge in global WUIs over the past 35 years (1985–2020). Published in Nature Sustainability, this research provides reliable ...

The recent fires in Los Angeles have sparked concerns for residents living in Orange County's high-risk areas, which have seen explosive development in the past few decades.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With fire season basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded. Jenn McCarthy has worked as ...

In a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, with more than 16,000 homes and other structures damaged or destroyed by two fires in the Los Angeles area.