A new prescribed burn, called Bear River, was initiated today at 12:47 p.m. in Amador County, California. The prescribed fire ...

MONO COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire in a picturesque California county along the Nevada state border has ...

A new bill sponsored by Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla would explore landmark respiratory protections to shield wildland ...

Hours after the wind-whipped Pack fire ignited in Mono County on Thursday afternoon, damaging homes, a storm rolled in, ...

A new prescribed burn, called Rush 2 Machine, was initiated 9:44 a.m. Nov. 17 in Modoc County, California. Since it was initiated 24 hours ago, the prescribed fire has burned 80 acres of federal land ...

The Pack fire has grown to 3,400 acres amid high winds, but a coming winter storm might help firefighters control the blaze.

A large wildfire erupted in Mono County, California midday on Nov. 13 and has since burned over 3,000 acres, damaging ...

A petition to ask the U.S. Forest Service to save the Colby Mountain Fire Lookout was among the ideas coming from a community ...

A Prescribed Burn Association member uses a drip torch to ignite a controlled burn at the Pacific Union College Forest on May 15, 2025, in Angwin, Calif. As California experiences rare relief from ...

Most of the state received more than average precipitation in October — twice normal in many places, four times normal in San ...

A two-decade-long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...