Just 38% of the 22,500 homes burned down in California's five most destructive wildfires from 2017 to 2020 have been rebuilt, The Times found.

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:07 p.m. in Shasta County, California. Melton Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it has yet to be determined.

SACRAMENTO, California — Good news for California wildfire watchers: Rain is in the forecast for as early as Monday night in Northern California. Bad news for wildfires: The federal government is nearing a shutdown.

According to the Western Fire Chiefs Association, California faces fire risk year-round, but peak fire season varies. In Northern California, it typically runs from June or July through late October or November. Meanwhile, in Southern California, it starts earlier, running from May or June through October.

The Thursday evening explosion and fire at the Chevron oil refinery in El Segundo is expected to spike the prices at the pump in the L.A. area for at least some time.

A fire broke out at a California refinery on Thursday as the state faces a looming gas crisis, energy policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

What happened: Mercury, CSAA, USAA, Pacific Specialty and California Casualty have all filed for 6.9 percent rate increases in recent months under new rules that require them to write a minimum share of policies in fire-prone areas and incorporate the risks of climate change in their modeling.

Coaches Michael Bublé, Niall Horan, and Reba McEntire were taken with his version of Keane's 2004 song "Somewhere Only We Know," which Day said he was singing for more than just himself. ( Snoop Dogg was pretty into it, too, though he didn't turn.)