A statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the spread of more flammable ...

An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river is dousing Southern California. More than four inches of rain fell over coastal Santa Barbara County early Friday as the storm moved south ...

Obviously, if it’s wet, it can’t burn, but California doesn’t really ever go out of fire season,” said Maggie Cline De La ...

Carter Evans has served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent for CBS News since February 2013, reporting across all of the network's platforms. He joined CBS News with nearly 20 years of journalism ...

Burn scars slicked by fire and stripped of plants are especially vulnerable to pounding rain in Southern California. Below debris flows a USGS scientist says to be ready to fight like hell or get out ...

Less harsh winds have made it possible for firefighters to more easily fight the fires, AcuWeather reported. There was no major fire outbreak in Los Angeles on Wednesday and most of the red flag fire ...

Firefighters knew the charred skeleton of a tractor was still smoking when they left the valley floor in Ventura County last ...

If rain falls as forecast, this storm could result in downtown Los Angeles seeing its wettest November since 1985. Heavy rain brings the possibility of damaging flooding and landslides.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on Friday and was expected to continue dumping heavy rain over the region for days as ...