Over 1,100 firefighters were “strategically pre-positioned” across Southern California to address "ongoing critical fire weather," Cal Fire said.

A blaze that officials dubbed the Alvarado Fire began burning near Interstate 8 on Thursday afternoon. The fire was first ...

Santa Ana winds helped ignite more brush fires in Southern California, but firefighters were able to largely control the large Hughes fire that exploded and forced thousands of evacuations. Rain was ...