"Invasive eucalyptus are crashing biodiversity in California," Dickson wrote in the caption. "These trees fall from wind easy ...

Twenty-four years later, the term “gerrymander” was coined when the Democratic-Republican Party drew a salamander-shaped state Senate district to benefit Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry. The Boston ...

First discovered: 3:14 a.m. Aug. 3 Initial location: Los Angeles County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 3:14 a.m ...

Fire personnel from the Sacramento area are being deployed to Santa Barbara County to help with the response to a rapidly ...

A tsunami has sent waves into Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake ...

The Gifford Fire is burning on both sides of Highway 166 near the burn scar of July’s Madre Fire. Evacuations have been ordered for parts of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Members of the Williston Fire Department went well beyond their jurisdiction to protect the public over the past year.

The Gifford fire has rapidly spread after firefighters contained the Madre fire. Together, the two blazes have already burned ...

The blaze broke out at around 5 p.m. in the San Timoteo Canyon near Redlands, according to Riverside County firefighters.

The Gifford fire, which has been fueled by dry conditions and warm weather, has spread to two counties, officials said.

At 10 a.m. Saturday, it was estimated at 23,588 acres (37 square miles), the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

Here are other updates on Northern California wildfires. The Orleans Complex fire spanning Del Norte and Siskiyou counties ...