Are Santa Barbara fire departments ready if a fast-moving conflagration like the burnovers in Los Angeles take place? At least 29 people lost their lives and nearly 17,000 structures were destroyed ...

I never tire of traveling Oregon’s backroads and byways, especially when there’s a chance to learn something new about the state. In Oregon’s oldest townsite, Astoria, there is one particular ...

The Great Fire of 1910 — better known in these parts as the Big Burn — came to life 115 years ago Wednesday on Aug. 20, 1910, when gale-force winds caused a number of smaller wildfires thoughout ...

Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready? By Shawn Hubler Alexandra ...