LOS ANGELES (CN) — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday declined to block a forest thinning project in Southern California that the U.S. Forest Service says is needed to reduce the risk of ...

So here’s what the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service and California State Parks ought to do when conditions are predictably ripe for cataclysmic fire: Close their forests.

In 2023, the U.S. filed a lawsuit on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service against Southern California Edison and its tree maintenance contractor, Utility Tree Service, to recover costs from fighting ...

A 13-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly lighting fireworks that likely sparked a brush fire this week in coastal Southern California, prompting evacuations and causing power outages in the area, ...

Authorities are trying to identify and locate two men who were caught on security footage stealing fire equipment from a U.S. Forest Service vehicle in San Bernardino County. On Jan. 17, at around ...

Southern California's four national forests – the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino — comprise a beautiful tapestry of landscapes and ecosystems that host an enormous variety of ...

(Reuters) - Southern California Edison (SCE), a unit of utility Edison International, agreed on Friday to pay $82.5 million to settle claims with the U.S. Forest Service for costs and damages ...

Two suspects seen on surveillance cameras stealing fire equipment from the U.S. Forest Service on Jan. 17, 2025. (USDA) Two suspects seen on surveillance cameras stealing fire equipment from the U ...

The massive brush fire that has been burning in southern Miami-Dade County has now grown bigger than the Palisades Fire of California that captured national headlines earlier this year.

This permit authorizes Bungee America's owners, staff, and customers to use these areas for access during the forest closure,” U.S. Forest Service press officer D’Artanyan Ratley wrote in an ...