With Fourth of July celebrations only a week away, state and local fire officials in Sacramento along with law enforcement ...

Cal Fire is partnering with "Just Live" to help people stay hydrated during the summer. Extreme sports legend Travis Pastrana ...

As firefighters continue mopping up the wildfire near Lake Berryessa, Cal Fire announced it is suspending all residential outdoor burn permits in Sonoma, Napa and five neighboring counties.

Four Cal Fire employees who work in San Luis Obispo County received the Governor's State Employee Medal of Valor.

Firefighters report 100% containment of a vegetation blaze that broke out east of Modesto Reservoir on Thursday afternoon.

Cal Fire is enhancing its firefighting capabilities with new aircraft and increased staffing as it prepares for another ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Cal Fire's fourth C-130 Hercules airtanker and 11th Helitack base are operational at the recently upgraded Ramona airport.

Legislature passes reworked bill that gives state firefighters a pay increase to address retention, workload issues. Will ...

Cal Fire Shasta-Trinity extinguished a vegetation fire that spread to nearby structures outside Redding on Sunday, June 15.

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...