SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — When CAL FIRE crews respond to a wildfire, some of the most important work happens on the ground, carving out space where flames can’t move forward. One of the key tools ...

CAL FIRE gave News 8 an inside look at its fire dozers: powerful machines used to create fire lines and help crews slow or ...

A Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighter died while extinguishing a fire at a home in Nuevo on Wednesday morning, Dec. 31, a Cal Fire spokesman said. Engineer Danny Cook, 45, died from a medical ...

Cal Fire Fresno Kings unit firefighters Brandon Weiler and Joseph Valencia mop up a section of the Pickett Fire above Aetna Springs on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Kent Porter/Bay Area News Group) For a ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For a number of California departments, overtime is an unfortunate necessity. Paying employees time and a half inflates state agencies’ payroll costs, but often the practice is ...

Yolanda Marodi, aka Yolanda Olejniczak after her March 22, 2025 arrest in Mexicali. (File photo courtesy of Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana Baja California via Facebook) A woman accused of fatally ...

CAMBRIDGE, Wis. — A long-running Cambridge tradition returns this weekend. The 21st annual Dip for Dozer is set for Saturday, February 14 at Lake Ripley Park. The event invites participants to take a ...

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio — One person is dead and two others were injured in a house fire in Fairfield County Monday morning, according to Sheriff Alex Lape. Lape said deputies and firefighters were ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — On Monday, the Cal Fire Office of the State Fire Marshal announced it completed an investigation into a series of explosions that killed seven workers in a Yolo County fireworks ...

Authorities have said debris from an earlier fire likely reignited and led to the Mountain Fire. Ventura County Fire Chief Dustin Gardner requested a third-party review of the department's response.

(This report has been updated with information about the timing of the review.) The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection will review the Ventura County Fire Department's response ...