State officials recently added tens of thousands of acres to wildfire hazard zones in and around Ventura County cities. Here's what to know.

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The Garnet Fire has scorched nearly 60,000 acres of the Sierra Nevada in central California. The wildfire burning in the mountains northeast of Fresno was 85% contained as of Tuesday, Sept. 16, after ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- An explosion of new wildfires across Northern California is being linked to lightning, with more than 10,000 strikes across the state on Tuesday. At least one fire is burning ...

The alleged actions by the park worker are blamed for a rekindle that erupted into a firestorm that killed 12 people, lawyers ...