The blaze is burning in a desolate area of San Luis Obispo County, but its smoke has spread to two nearby counties.

The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

A wildfire in a remote part of San Luis Obispo County is rapidly growing, with smoke spreading to neighboring Ventura and ...

About 101,500 new housing units were permitted statewide last year, a 9% drop from the previous year and the state’s lowest ...

The San Francisco-based company is known for staging large-scale fireworks displays across California and the U.S.

ESPARTO, Calif. (AP) — An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in northern California caused several fires, sending black smoke ...

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A new wildfire was reported today at 9:58 a.m. in Tehama County, California. Warick Fire has been burning on private land. At ...

Hundreds of firefighters are working to contain a fast-moving wildfire that erupted near California’s Central Coast on ...

A rapidly spreading wildfire in Southern California quickly became the state’s largest fire of the year after igniting on Wednesday, leading to evacuations.

The Madre Fire has grown to 35,530 acres in less than 24 hours, making it this year's largest wildfire in California.

A wildfire in a wilderness area of central California exploded in size as dry, hot weather Thursday raised the fire risk for ...