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In high-tech race to detect fires early, O.C. bets on volunteers with binoculars

Amid a frenzy of new technology to detect fires earlier, from satellites to remote cameras to AI, an Orange County group is ...

State invests $5 billion to combat California’s wildfire crisis

Five years after California’s fire siege, Governor Gavin Newsom reports how the state has improved its fire prevention ...

Gifford Fire containment jumps after successful backfiring effort. See latest

The improvement in fire conditions comes after the agency reported that its backfiring operation was successful in stopping forward spread on the north side of the fire. The strategic firing was ...

Gifford Fire on the Central Coast over 132,000 acres, reaches megafire status

The Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties has burnedover 190 square miles.The fire started on ...