A new map reveals where in the state of California the land is gradually sinking, exacerbating future risks related to rising global sea levels. The work—undertaken by remote sensing specialist ...

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 wilderness area on the Central California coast grew to more than 70,800 acres Friday as the fire-prone state ...

A map shows Line Fire in San Bernardino County, California, on September 8, 2024. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in response to the growing blaze.

There are now more parts of San Luis Obispo that fall within moderate, high and very high Fire Hazard Severity Zones.

California's high-speed rail project has revealed an ambitious map for its future network, which would connect the state's major cities to Nevada via rail.

As California battles a fire that threatens thousands of homes, another wildfire is growing in size and causing trouble as "extreme fire weather" continues to impact the southern part of the state ...

Officials have approved the removal of the derogatory term "squaw" from over 30 geographic features and place names on California lands.

California's Park Fire exploded just miles from the site of the 2018 Camp Fire, the worst wildfire in state history, before leaving a legacy of its own. See how quickly it unfolded.

Thousands are without power as multiple wildfires cause outages and thousands of evacuations in California.

A map of California is both beautiful and confounding — a giant sock-shaped space somehow stuffed with both mountains and beach, palm trees and eucalyptus, snow and sun, avocados and almonds ...