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 ...

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

The San Francisco-based company is known for staging large-scale fireworks displays across California and the U.S.

Even though weather conditions this weekend weren't ripe for wildfire, several blazes broke out across Riverside and San ...

ESPARTO, Calif. (AP) — An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in northern California caused several fires, sending black smoke ...

Wildfires in California continued to rage on Wednesday, with the Juniper and Wolf fires affecting Riverside County. The Wolf ...

A quickly growing brush fire in Southern California has spread at least 2,400 acres, prompting evacuations, according to fire ...

The Wolf fire in Riverside County is now more than 2,400 acres in size, although firefighters are making progress.

"This is a lawful order to LEAVE NOW," Cal Fire said. "The area is lawfully closed to public access." ...