After brutal fire season, California lawmakers call for seasonal firefighters to be employed year-round
State legislators are calling to extend Cal Fire's staffing to a year-round system, switching some roles from nine-month ...
Cal Fire battalion chief back working in the Bay Area after fighting LA fires
He's back working in Napa now, but just a few weeks ago he was in the middle of the Eaton Fire in LA. Wettstein has been with ...
Cal Fire's predictions didn't foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it's changing its fire-hazard maps
The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...
Southern California Edison acknowledges videos suggest link between equipment and Eaton fire
However, the Edison International unit has not identified evidence to confirm this, according to a filing with the California ...
Despite his boasts, Trump's California water release order doesn't help L.A. fire victims
Opening two dams in central California to help L.A. fight fires is like pouring a glass of water down your sink in order to ...
Los Angeles' Eaton Fire is 100% contained, Cal Fire says
Containment measures the percentage of a fire's perimeter that firefighters have under control. Parts of the fire's interior ...
Full coverage: Investigating the California wildfires of 2025
The Times investigates California's response to the devastating wildfires that burned across Los Angeles County in January.
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CAL FIRE rescues three dozen people from floodwaters in Tehama and Glenn Counties
CORNING, Calif. - The CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unity has been hard at work helping rescue people during the recent storms. As of ...
CA lawmakers propose $175 million increase for Cal Fire staffing
A new proposal would keep all fire engines and roughly 3,000 seasonal firefighters working year-round for Cal Fire.
As fire season grows, California senators push for more year-round firefighters
After LA fires, Senate President Mike McGuire proposes full-time firefighters to replace the current seasonal workforce ...
State Legislators ask for Year-Round Staffing for CAL FIRE
About 3,000 seasonal firefighters would go from nine to 12-month employees as the wildfire season is now year-round.
Republicans rip California’s wildfire ‘overregulation’ while Gavin Newsom seeks help for victims
AS Gov. Gavin Newsom roamed Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to provide more aid to Southern California wildfire victims, congressional Republicans held a hearing Thursday where they insisted California ...