Ibe Liebenberg is a seasonal California firefighter who grew up in Paradise. In his essay, he describes the rebirth he has ...

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Friday urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to exempt federal seasonal firefighters from President Trump’s ...

Schiff’s letter to multiple U.S. agencies comes after NBC News reported that federal firefighters were not considered exempt from the hiring freeze.

The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers ...

Driving on I-83 one evening, Andrew Forbes saw the inferno. It was Camp Small, the city’s recycling hub for fallen trees. And ...

Merced City Fire Captain Bryan Akers, right, and his son Mason, left, while deployed to assist with firefighting efforts on ...

By Alexis Alvarez, Feb. 4, 2025 The voluntary and selective Conservation (Fire) Camp program, which sent out more than 1,000 prisoners to the frontlines of the Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires, often ...

Each of the six members of Polk Fire District No. 1 strike team deployed to California Jan. 8 had been sent to incidents in the past, mostly in Oregon. None ...

Arson arrests in the wake of the LA Fires have put a spotlight on the question of why people deliberately set fires. It turns ...