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Fresno County Wildland Fire Burns One Acre Before Being Contained

Firefighters early Friday morning contained a wildland fire that broke out near Medford and Frazier roads in Auberry, CalFire said in a stat...
Fresno County firefighters quickly contained a one-acre wildland fire near Medford and Frazier Roads in Auberry early Friday, May 23, 2025. (CalFire)

Fresno County Wildland Fire Burns One Acre Before Being Contained

Firefighters early Friday morning contained a wildland fire that broke out near Medford and Frazier roads in Auberry, CalFire said in a stat...

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Porterville fire crews used favorable conditions during a Tuesday, May 20, 2025, grass fire along the Tule River to conduct a controlled burn, reducing future fire hazards before fully extinguishing the blaze. (Porterville FD)

Porterville Fire Crews Contain Tule River Blaze With Strategic Burn

Fire crews responded to a Tuesday night grass fire along the Tule River and used the opportunity to conduct a controlled burn before fully e...

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State Farm Wins First-Ever Emergency Rate Hike in California

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. State Farm can raise homeowner and other rates starting ne...

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A fire has shut down all southbound lanes of I-5 at Grapevine Road on Monday, May 12, 2025, prompting major traffic delays as crews work to extinguish the flames. (CHP)

Grapevine Fire Forces Full Closure of Southbound I-5

Update on May 12, 2025, at 4:13 p.m. The California Highway Patrol said that the far left lane of north and southbound I-5 near Grapevine Ro...

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LA Fire Survivors Accuse State Farm of Delaying Claims. Should It Get OK for a Rate Hike?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Rossana Valverde’s Pasadena home of 35 years is still stan...

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A worker stands atop a home being rebuilt after the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Los Angeles Residents Begin to Rebuild After Devastating Fires

LOS ANGELES — Nearly four months after wildfires reduced thousands of Los Angeles-area homes to rubble and ash, some residents are starting ...

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California Sets Aside $170 Million to Thin Vegetation, Forests to Help Prevent Wildfires

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed new legislation that will p...

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The Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles after the fires, on Jan. 25, 2025. Steve Soboroff was picked by Mayor Karen Bass to lead the city’s rebuilding effort, but dust-ups over his compensation, the scope of his authority and more got in the way. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)

After a Rocky 90-Day Tenure, LA’s Recovery Czar Is Stepping Down

LOS ANGELES — Three months ago, Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles appointed Steve Soboroff to oversee the first phase of the huge recovery eff...

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Burned properties following the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Jan 19, 2025. Nearly three months after the January wildfires in Los Angeles, investigators discovered human remains in a burned lot on Wednesday in Altadena, Calif., raising the total death toll from the fires to 30. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times)

LA Fires Death Toll Rises to 30 After Remains Are Found

Nearly three months after the January wildfires in Los Angeles, investigators discovered human remains in a burned lot Wednesday in Altadena...

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The Silver Fire has burned 1,250 acres near Bishop with 0% containment, prompting evacuations as strong winds hamper firefighting efforts. (CalFire)

Silver Fire Grows to 1,250 Acres, Threatens Homes in Inyo County

The Silver Fire continues to burn north of Bishop, where strong winds have fueled its rapid growth to 1,250 acres with no containment, offic...

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Sean "Diddy" Combs stands as he is arraigned on a superseding indictment ahead of his May trial on sex trafficking charges, in New York, U.S., March 14, 2025, in this courtroom sketch. (REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg?/File Photo)
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