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

California's Madre Fire sparked in the late evening of July 3 but has since grown to the largest in the state this year by ...

Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern California come out March 24.

California's first floodgate opens in Stockton 02:08. STOCKTON – A floodgate that will try to bring thousands of Central Valley homes out of a 100-year flood zone is now complete.

California's Central Valley—one of the nation's most critical agricultural regions and home to over 1.3 million people—is prone to flooding. Mapping the extent of winter floods has been ...