In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...

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Is California for sale? A lighthearted petition to buy the state of California for Denmark prompted more than 200,000 ...

Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED The permission, in the form of a federal “waiver,” should extend well beyond California’s borders. Seventeen other states have said they ...

Containment: The fire was 98% contained as of Monday evening. It has burned about 10,400 acres. Evacuations: All evacuations have been lifted. Shovel in hand, Hendrena Martin dug through the ruins ...

President Trump directed U.S. government agencies to override California’s water policies as needed — slamming the state’s handling of the Los Angeles region’s wildfires in an executive ...

Southern California will clock a few more tense hours as showers continue to soak the burn-scarred landscape around Los Angeles. While the rains are helping fight wildfires that have killed at ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rain mostly moved out of Southern California on Monday after the first significant storm of the season brought weekend downpours that aided firefighters while causing ash and ...

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal. If President Donald Trump ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the federal government to override the state of California's water-management practices to bolster firefighting efforts.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rain fell on parts of Southern California on Sunday and the scattered showers were expected to continue overnight, boosting the risk of toxic ash runoff in areas scorched by ...