The Oak Fire, burning through rural communities in Mariposa County about 10 miles west of Yosemite National Park, is the kind of fast-moving blaze that firefighters had been worried about as ...

Oak trees are seen on the hills off Santa Rosa Creek Road, bottom right, between Cambria and Highway 46 in 2011. Sudden oak death is attacking oak and bay laurel trees throughout California. Cambrian ...

The fast-moving Oak Fire forced thousands of California residents to flee from their properties over the weekend and additional fires continued to threaten more trails of destruction in the Golden ...

California black oak is in the red oak group of species, but its source of supply (it grows primarily in northern California and southwest Oregon), physical properties (it is weaker than most red oaks ...

California black oak is in the red oak group of species, but its source of supply (It grows primarily in northern California and southwest Oregon), physical properties (It is weaker than most red oaks ...

Alves describes the tree as irreplaceable. The native Coast Live Oak is now standing 40 feet tall and 30 feet wide between ...

The Oak Fire has been burning since Friday afternoon in the mountainous terrain of Mariposa County, about 14 miles from Yosemite National Park’s Arch Rock entrance on Highway 140. The Oak Fire had ...

A lethal combination of low humidity, high temperatures and dry winds have fed California's largest wildfire this year so far. The Oak Fire erupted Friday in Mariposa County, displacing thousands in ...

Nearly 3,000 responders are attempting to contain the Oak Fire burning in Mariposa, California, near Yosemite National Park that torched dozens of houses Monday afternoon. The blaze, which has covered ...

Mariposa County in California remained under a state of emergency Tuesday as the devastating Oak Fire expanded to 28 square miles near Yosemite National Park. It’s become California’s largest fire of ...

For a town with just 307 residents as of the last census, Oak Glen contains multitudes. It’s a long-beloved autumnal haven for scores of Southern Californians seeking an “authentic” fall experience, ...