U.S. Environmental Protection Agency crews continue working Friday to identify and remove hazardous waste from properties ...

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An economist's harrowing escape from fire and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

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A motion calling for an independent review of the emergency notification systems used to alert residents during the January ...

What we’ve discovered through years of studies and user interviews is that, in an emergency, information fatigue never occurs ...

Pennsylvania met an emergency request for help made by California, deploying 40 wildland firefighters to aid in the ...

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near ...

Rain was falling across Southern California on Sunday, bringing some relief to thousands of firefighters who have been ...