Last year, nearly of quarter of Cal Fire's total compensation costs went to overtime for employees.

Fire crews quickly worked to put out a brush fire that was burning in Southeast San Diego County near CA-125 and SR-54 on Monday afternoon in La Presa. The fire was first reported around 1:30 p.m.

A vegetation fire ignited in the Elfin Forest in Los Osos on Thursday afternoon. As of 5:45 p.m., a 50-foot by 50-foot plot of heavy brush burned in an area that was hard to access, Cal Fire ...

When a photographer donated two drones to Cal Fire’s San Benito-Monterey Unit in 2021, the act of generosity launched a drone program that would break records and save lives. A team of Cal Fire drone ...

Normally when San Diego gets hit with hot temperatures, it elevates the risk of wildfires. While that is still the case, according to Cal Fire, the recent bout of rain has dampened that risk to the ...

Construction has been underway at the Ramona Air Attack Base since August. The project will reconstruct the aging tarmac and support the incoming C-130H aircraft. Cal Fire San Diego Capt. Robert ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive fire destroyed a mansion in Angwin, California, located in Napa County, in the early hours on Wednesday, January 28.

More than two dozen structures were destroyed in a wildfire in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The Pack Fire burned about 3,000 acres in the area of Highway ...

California fire officials have finished their investigation into the deadly Esparto fireworks warehouse explosion, with the report now being sent to prosecutors. Cal Fire's Office of the State Fire ...

CAL FIRE graduated 38 new company officers on Friday from its Ione Training Center, capping off what the agency called a “milestone year” in its training efforts. Officials said more than 650 company ...

Cal Fire delayed a required workload report, missing a January deadline. Report warned of staff shortages, budget shortfalls and seizure storage gaps. Delayed filing meant the report omitted Esparto ...