Bettina Boxall

The state’s focus on fighting fires has some experts asking, “Does California need a new agency to focus on wildfire prevention?”

A month ago, the 5-day average of deaths in Los Angeles County was 12. As of Saturday, average daily deaths had climbed to 62, a 416% increase.

The temporary and limited stay-at-home order that takes effect Monday in Los Angeles County is not as restrictive as limits adopted earlier this year.

This year’s Castle fire killed hundreds of giant sequoias, the latest in a string of Sierra Nevada wildfires that is taking an alarming toll on the world’s most massive trees.

Two men were arrested Saturday on suspicion of battery at a Beverly Hills rally for President Trump.

The explosive Creek fire, fueled by beetle-killed trees, is a hint of the Sierra Nevada’s future unless California greatly expands prescribed burns.

Wildfire burned one of the world’s largest forests of Joshua trees, charring more than 1.3 million trees. The 43,273 acres of the Dome fire are forever transformed.

Many of California’s largest wildfires have been started by dry lightning strikes

Does Orange County need all that expensive water from Poseidon’s proposed seawater desalination plant in Huntington Beach?

John Muir, a towering figure among environmentalists, made harmful and disparaging remarks about Native Americans and Black people.