The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of the region in January.

A massive wildfire scorched 52,593 acres in the southeastern corner of San Luis Obispo County by Thursday evening, forcing ...

The fire sparked in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo County and was growing exponentially, officials warned.

Shanty Fire initially started 10:53 a.m. July 1 in Siskiyou County, California. Since its discovery two days ago, it has ...

More than 600,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest in California could re-open to industrial logging and road-building ...

A new wildfire, named the Jacket Fire, is burning 17 acres on Yellowjacket Ridge about four miles northeast of Forks of ...

A Complex Incident Management Team is set to take command of both the Summit Fire and Jacket Fire, which are now designated ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s then-record $298 billion budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year notably cut $3 million from Cal ...

State data shows the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention carried out only one brush clearance operation in ...

The big picture: The Madre Fire had grown to 35,530 acres on Thursday afternoon — surpassing January's destructive Los ...

At the outset of the blaze, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office estimated that some 500 acres were already burned at the scene, near the 10000 block of Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest.