Updated wildfire hazard maps from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) will not affect ...

A federal order to increase U.S. timber production by 25% will touch all 18 of California's national forests, officials said.

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A nonprofit organization that supports firefighters announced that as of Monday, April 7, three months on from the devastating Southern California wildfires, it had raised more than $20 million to ...

Josh Duhamel and his family (wife Audra Mari, their one-year-old son Shepherd and his 11-year-old son Axl, whom he shares ...

Authorities identified the woman who died in a fire at the Ventura Inn March 23 ... a live-in hotel that sits at the corner of California and Main streets. The five-story building has rooms ...

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - Ventura County Fire is making a new addition to its ... “We’re only one of three agencies in the state of California to offer whole blood in a pre-hospital setting ...

California's Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators turned them down. This story was originally published by CalMatters.

The Ventura County Fire Department has launched an emergency blood transfusion program, equipping its first rescue ambulances with whole blood that officials say could help save lives. In the ...

“We cannot comment today on a potential future vehicle about the fire maps.” As investigators examine the causes of the recent fires in Los Angeles County, Southern California Edison, which ...