The California-as-disaster-epic narrative is back. Here are a few reasons not to buy into it, and instead to embrace the ...

For the latest news on the blaze, read USA TODAY's updates on the fire for Friday, Nov. 8. Fire crews on Thursday were ...

Southern California firefighters have gained ground against a wildfire that has destroyed at least 132 structures, mostly houses, as favorable conditions were expected to continue through the weekend ...

A wildfire in Ventura County, California, has prompted thousands of evacuations and destroyed dozens of homes.

“As far out as you can see,” Williams said, leaning against the railing on the porch that wrapped around the fire ... to the California Outdoor Recreation Partnership. “Our hope is that ...

Fire officials gave a preliminary count of the number of structures destroyed by the Mountain Fire, pegging it at 132, mostly homes. Another 88 have been damaged, they said at a news conference ...

California is an incredibly beautiful place ... doing outreach with hundreds of day laborers who hope for just one more day of work to pay for one more day of food. I know all-too-well what ...

Riling up voters to support Democratic congressional candidate Jessica Morse a few weeks ahead of election day ... of California’s red districts in an effort to win control of the House hope ...

"It went from, like 20 square feet to, like, probably a football field," Bonner explained, "Once it started to spread, it reminded me of the California fires that you see on the news. Then DPD ...

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...