A California utility company may cut power to up to 14,000 customers across 11 counties this weekend due to a high wildfire risk from strong winds and dry conditions.

Thousands of Northern California residents could be plunged into the dark this weekend as PG&E weighs shutting off electricity across wildfire-prone communities amid a dangerous cocktail of howling winds,

A fast-growing wildfire broke out in Mendocino County, growing to more than 1,000 acres as of Friday morning. The blaze exploded near the Lake County and Mendocino County line in Potter Valley, triggering evacuation orders in several areas, according to CalFire.

Plaskett Fire initially started at 11:01 a.m. Aug. 26 - Forest Road 23S10, east of Los Burros Road, Plaskett in Monterey County, California.

As wildfire season intensifies, four California fires have scorched thousands of acres, including the growing Timber Fire in Big Sur.

SAN DIEGO — As wildfires ravaged Southern California in January 2025, millions of people turned to Cal Fire’s website for information on the Eaton and Palisades fires, checking on evacuation orders and looking at maps tracing the destructive path of flames.

The percentage indicates how much of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line. In this case, it means that 27% of the wildfire is halted from spreading, while 73% is still uncontrolled.

Multiple wildfires are burning across California, including the Timber, Bug and MP18 fires. Here's what to know about the fires today.

The team, from UC Irvine's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, learned that during the 12-year study period, nearly 55,000 buildings were completely destroyed or partially damaged by fire and that 86% of those structures were in wildland ...

Smoke from two Northern California wildfires drifted into Reno. Here’s when it should clear and whether it could return.