LOS ANGELES - On the first day of March, California Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a State of Emergency to ‘fast-track critical forest management projects’ to protect communities at risk of wildfires .

On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the ...

The state of emergency allows authorities to bypass environmental regulations and expedite wildfire prevention projects.

Newly obtained records – including text messages and internal reports – detail how Los Angeles officials scrambled to respond ...

Text messages released to ABC News through a public records request provide new insight about what local officials were ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he has proclaimed a state of emergency to speed up wildfire prevention projects ahead ...

“The investigation into the possession of the stolen fire hydrant is ongoing,” the department said. Police identified the driver as 33-year-old Juan Contreras of Oxnard, and learned that he ...

The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for eight days. Prescribed fire (prescribed burn) is a wildfire prevention method that involves ...

Avenue 456 / Road 124 Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.

(KABC) -- A group of residents held a protest Saturday, hoping to keep hazardous waste from the Palisades Fire from being dumped ... against the Environmental Protection Agency's hazmat debris ...