The pain of the four-week-long shutdown is having a ripple effect     By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Just two months after a wildfire wiped out Paradise, California, officials are gearing up for this year’s fire ...

Some 200 goats can munch on an acre of overgrown brush daily     NEVADA CITY, Calif. (AP) — The threat of catastrophic wildfires has driven a California town to launch a “Goat Fund Me” campaign to bring herds of ...

“extreme example of excessive, unaccountable, budget-busting suppression spending.”     By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When a wildfire burned across Big Sur two years ago and threatened hundreds of homes scattered on the scenic hills, thousands ...

Pimlott says state must rethink building in fire zones     SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s increasingly deadly and destructive wildfires have become so unpredictable that government officials should consider banning home construction in vulnerable areas, the state’s top firefighter ...

Housing project to be built in fire-prone area     LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles County supervisors have approved a massive housing project in fire-prone mountains. Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve the 19,000 home Centennial development at Tejon ...

“We’ve never seen anything like this in California,”     By JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday acknowledged Californians suffering from twin tragedies, walking through the ashes of a mobile home and RV ...

Several options considered to give a better chance of survival     By MATTHEW BROWN and ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press BILLINGS, Montana (AP) — Creating fire buffers between housing and dry brush, burying spark-prone power lines and lighting more controlled ...

“Natural factors and human-caused global warming effects fatally collude”     By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Both nature and humans share blame for California’s devastating wildfires, but forest management did not play a major role, despite ...

President Trump says forest mismanagement is to blame for wildfires     LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal payments to California, claiming its forest management is “so poor.” Trump says Saturday via Twiitter that ...

President blames forestry management     President Donald Trump blamed California again for its horrific wildfire season Wednesday and threatened to withhold federal fire assistance from the state. Speaking at a cabinet meeting, Trump lashed out at California’s forestry management ...