The slow and bumpy 5-mile road to Fallen Leaf Lake, southwest of South Lake Tahoe, affords only one way in and one way out — ...

Residents can track localized pollution, including particles from the wildfires that tore across Los Angeles in January, ...

Air quality in Courtenay is improving while pollution caused by wood stove smoke has been steadily decreasing over the past ...

A state of emergency was declared by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and around 100 fire companies were reportedly deployed.

Altadena families say they have been living at a fire-damaged apartment complex without gas or power. A legal consultant for ...

A Washington Post analysis shows that some officials knew of the fire’s westward spread hours before evacuation orders were sent to residents in western Altadena.

Gary Gerren, the affable fire chief in the community of Fallen Leaf Lake, is serious about protecting the few hundred full-time residents and the thousands of summer daytrippers who descend on his ...

San Francisco rests on the tip of a peninsula along the northern California coast ... remnants of a past era such as record stores and smoke shops, or establishments with a peace sign emblazoned ...

With the recent devastating wildfires that ravaged parts of Southern California, experts warn that ash and microscopic ... Weather apps and trackers, like the AirNow fire and smoke map, can help ...

It visibly lingers in the air, during and after a wildfire: a thick blanket of smoke and soot coupled with ash coating parked cars. Santa Ana winds can spread these clouds of unhealthy air ...