Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.

California has just experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons in years, despite the Golden State's ample resources to combat the blazes once they spark.

PORTLAND (WGME) – A Maine Forest Ranger battling California’s wildfires is sharing an update on the region's progress. Nearly two weeks ago, Governor Janet Mills sent eight forest rangers to California to help first responders on the ground. Right now, the rangers are working to put out a huge fire just north of Santa Clarita.

Efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn't be influenced by politics, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday at her Senate confirmation hearing.

a spokesperson with the United States Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Forest Service. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management did not respond to requests for comment. The majority of other California-based federal employees work for the Navy ...

A fleet of firefighting aircraft sits at the Santa Maria Public Airport where the state's extreme fire weather has led to an unprecedented number of air

A bill to speed forest-thinning on federal lands is poised to pass the House later this week. Another forest-related bill passed easily Tuesday.

Federal investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating two men who were seen on surveillance cameras breaking into a U.S. Forest Service vehicle and stealing critical

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that a team of 10 state Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers is traveling to California. The forest rangers are traveling to the state to support ongoing efforts to contain wildfires raging in Los Angeles.

Half of the state belongs to you, and you’ve managed your firelands so poorly that we now live in a tinderbox.

Both of the big Los Angeles fires started on federally managed land. Instead of blaming California, the Trump administration should follow through with disaster aid and make a massive fire safety investment in our state's public lands.

The federal government has never acknowledge its own culpability: You are the arsonist, and not just politically. Because half of California is yours.