The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

The blaze is burning in a desolate area of San Luis Obispo County, but its smoke has spread to two nearby counties.

Seven people are missing after a huge explosion at a warehouse in Esparto, Calif., that sent bright fireworks across the area ...

The landmark California environmental legislation that lawmakers have voted to walk back will allow for crucial ...

Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

The blast caused several spot fires and scattered large pieces of debris across a wide area, authorities said. The cause is ...

Seven people were missing after a fire and powerful explosion leveled a commercial fireworks facility in rural northern ...

Noah Lamb faces federal charges for creating an assassination hit list targeting officials based on race and identity as part ...

James Fuller, 61, and his brother Eric Fuller, 60, were found dead after disappearing on June 6 while driving to Santa Maria ...

California, gripped by a housing shortage, wants to build 2.5 million homes. But it's running out of safe places to put them.

As ICE raids unfold across Southern California, even some Republican California lawmakers think the raids are going too far ...

Seven people are "unaccounted for" in Yolo County's town of Esparto after several explosions at a fireworks warehouse ...