They fought fires on the front lines for just a few dollars per day. However, that’s finally changing for thousands of California incarcerated firefighters because of a new state law increasing their pay to the federal minimum wage.

Days before the Palisades Fire in California spiraled out of control, one fire captain refrained from deploying bulldozers due to

Days after California announced that it will form a "West Coast health alliance" with Oregon and Washington, officials on Friday said the Golden State will also join a collaborative agreement with 12 other states, provinces and territories geared toward ...

Drawing on lessons from recent blazes, a state commission has released a series of recommendations to protect older adults.

One year ago, just after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a small brush fire broke out in Topanga State Park above the Pacific Palisades outside Los Angeles. Within hours, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) arrived on scene and began digging handlines to ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday afternoon to reform California's inmate firefighter program. "Inmates who have stood on the frontlines battling historic fires should not be denied the right to later become a professional ...

A California mom is grieving two of her daughters who died after a fire destroyed their mobile home on Saturday, Dec. 20. According to Murrieta Fire & Rescue, 'multiple household pets' also died in the blaze.