A Northern California man has been arrested by Cal Fire investigators for allegedly throwing a can and shattering the windshield of a fire engine on its way to an incident. Cal Fire Law Enforcement ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) protects 31 million acres of California’s privately owned wildlands and responds to more than 550,000 emergencies every year. CAL ...
AUBURN, Calif. – Fire Chief Brian Estes of the Nevada Yuba Placer Unit and Placer County Fire Department will retire at the end of 2025, concluding a distinguished 35-year career with CAL FIRE. Chief ...
After a months-long suspension, Cal Fire announced that North Bay residents can resume burning with proper permits beginning Monday. The notice applies to Napa and Sonoma counties and Marin, Solano, ...
Cal Fire-Butte County’s burn ban will no longer be in effect starting 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 13. Burn rules will apply and those looking to burn will be required to get a permit online at burnpermit.fire ...
COBB — Cal Fire has declared war on wildland blazes, having just completed a five-year effort to replace its Vietnam War-era Huey helicopters with 16 Firehawks. This is while the state’s firefighting ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have increased the salaries of California firefighters, to put their compensation closer to what local municipalities pay their own firefighters, for the ...
Ground crews mobilize in response to a brush fire in De Luz on Oct. 7, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Cal Fire San Diego) Firefighters continued to work Tuesday to extinguish a brush fire burning in rugged ...
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bipartisan bill to raise the salaries of California firefighters nine months after the most expensive inferno in state history incinerated Los Angeles. On Friday, ...
A grass and brush fire that burned in a rural area of western San Mateo County consumed about 25 acres Tuesday afternoon, according to Cal Fire. The fire was first reported at about 1:20 p.m. and was ...
California firefighters said they are gutted after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would’ve raised wages for Cal Fire employees.Assembly Bill 1309, introduced by Republican Assemblymember ...