It was not immediately known how many households are under evacuation warnings or orders. because of the Springs Fire in Riverside County.

Survivors of the deadly Eaton fire call on state lawmakers to pass a bill requiring audits of spending by Southern California Edison and the state’s two other big for-profit electric companies on wildfire prevention.

SACRAMENTO, California — A quasi-public California agency is urging sweeping changes to the state’s electric utility and property insurance systems to avoid escalating wildfire costs, according to a new report released Tuesday.

Strong winds fueled the explosion of the Springs Fire in Southern California, with evacuations ordered and thousands of acres already scorched.

Two fires have collectively burned over 1000 acres in counties around Los Angeles on Friday.

A smoky wildfire in Southern California that broke out a day earlier and prompted evacuation orders was mostly under control Saturday afternoon, fire officials said.

Sparse snowpack may lead to increased wildfire danger in the months ahead for San Diego County.

The Springs Fire in Riverside County reached 75 percent containment, prompting officials to lift most evacuation orders.

President Trump this week criticized State Farm and other insurance companies, saying they did not give adequate help for claims related to last year’s California wildfires. Trump pledged that the government would investigate the issue,

The U.S. Forest Service will close the majority of its research facilities in California as part of sweeping changes.