As the fires that ravaged Los Angeles in January ebbed, many trees were left standing next to burnt down homes. Here’s why.

"It spreads so fast." New research reveals surprising factor fueling California's devastating wildfires: 'People ...

Should you be allowed to have trees or potted plants next to your home in a fire-prone area? That’s the kind of question the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection is figuring out ...

Massive wildfires devastated the Los Angeles region in January, forcing over 100,000 people to evacuate and razing thousands ...

The oak trees saved the blue house on East Calaveras Street. Seriina Covarrubias was sure of it. When she had returned after the Eaton fire, much of the Altadena neighborhood was in ruins.

foresters who log trees and even miners who prospect for gold. In an internal email from the Forest Service on Feb. 18, forest supervisors for Region 5, which oversees California, were instructed ...

The trees were cleared from a 2.5-acre portion of the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve near Lexington Reservoir in Los Gatos as part of the district’s Wildland Fire Resiliency Program, which aims ...

While they received their maximum insurance payout and money from a $2.2 billion settlement with Southern California ... they lost in the fire. Without many of its old trees, the property has ...

The Santa Ana winds occur when there is high pressure to the east, in the Great Basin, and a low-pressure system off the coast. Air masses move from high pressure to low pressure, and the more extreme ...

SACRAMENTO — If you've ever flown over ... land cutting through the trees. These are fuel breaks, which are strategically cleared areas to help slow the spread of wildfires.