Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...

According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), the Eaton fire is now ... a familiar sight in the region. The Forest Service, which has used 13 aircraft to ...

"Most of these reductions were to planned augmentations to departments other than CalFire, such as for forest and fire resilience activities on state-owned land at state conservancies and parks ...

Cal Fire’s total base wildfire protection budget has nearly tripled over the past 10 years, from $1.1 billion in 2014‑15 to $3 billion in 2023‑24.

Cal Fire’s Gene Potkey, left, and Macho Rosa with the U.S. Forest Service conduct damage inspection at Cal Shasta. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com While firefighters in Los ...

Four major fires driven by strong Santa Ana winds have charred about 62 square miles, according to Cal Fire. Fire agencies say the suppressants — most often used to fight forest fires — are an ...

"[M]ost of these reductions were to planned augmentations to departments other than CAL FIRE, such as for forest and fire resilience activities on state-owned land at state conservancies and parks.

California had a budget surplus in 2021 and 2022 and pumped more money into programs addressing forest health and wildfires ... in wildfire-related funding. Cal Fire’s total base wildfire ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or CalFire, has added the Eaton ... 8:12 p.m.: The Angeles National Forest posts on X that the Eaton Fire has grown to 200 acres and ...

Some of the posts drew on a January 10 Newsweek article that reported Newsom signed a budget in June which cut funding for wildfire and forest ... and Fire Protection, Cal Fire.

The 10,000-acre Hughes Fire ... by Cal Fire. Gov. Gavin Newsom said state resources were being sent down to Southern California, with federal personnel from the Angeles National Forest also ...

As part of that increase, the state allocated $2.8 billion toward wildfires and improving forest health ... was tens of billions of dollars. Cal Fire, which oversees about 31 million acres ...