Cal Fire named the blaze the Midway Fire. It broke out around 2:51 p.m. in the area of Patterson Pass and Midway roads near Altamont Pass, between the cities of Livermore and Tracy.

U.S. Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano discusses the potential opportunities for fraud in the program, an incentive in the 'big, beautiful bill' for recipients and efforts to ...

Justin Halstenberg was found guilty of seven counts related to the Line fire and two counts related to a subsequent blaze.

Cal Fire firefighters responded to a 20-acre fire that escalated to a 261-acre blaze in Alameda County, causing road closures and containment at 50%.

Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit has suspended all burning in Amador, El Dorado, Alpine, and Sacramento counties due to a Red ...

In California, where 30% of the state’s population lives in high-risk fire zones where buildings intermingle with wilderness, destructive wildfires are inevitable. But after the Eaton and ...

According to the National Interagency Fire Center’s wildfire outlook, there is “above normal” potential for significant fires across much of California from June through August. Dry weather ...

State legislators rushed to introduce bills, including ones to make seasonal Cal Fire firefighters year-round employees and to increase pay for incarcerated firefighters. RELATED: Why climate ...