Matthew Rodriguez is a digital producer for CBS Los Angeles. He's previously reported for local outlets like the Argonaut and Pasadena Weekly. Matt typically covers breaking news and crime. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A live-fire demonstration showed even on a cloudy and drizzly Oregon day how defensible space and home hardening can protect ...

Authorities advised Los Angeles County residents to be wary about open fires after Santa Ana winds prompted a Red Flag warning amid dangerous weather conditions on Monday. The National Weather Service ...

RIVERSIDE, California (KCAL/KCBS) — The Riverside City Council passed an ordinance requiring 100 feet of defensible space around buildings in high-hazard fire zones. The ordinance also requires more ...

The recent wildland fire near Yountville is a sobering reminder of just how vulnerable we are to the uncertainty of accidental and man-made fires. While firefighters can control about 97 percent of ...

Wildfire risk is growing across the West, and more people are building homes in places where urban development meets the wild — what’s known as the wildland/urban interface (WUI). So it’s more ...

The Los Angeles fires that have damaged more than 12,000 structures are a reminder of a new but growing reality for Americans living in hotter, drier and more fire-prone areas – the need to create ...

During the summer, the Register will once again offer its readers this summer a bi-weekly column from Napa Firewise, Napa County's official wildland fire prevention program. The column will feature ...