SAN JOSE, Calif. — A large wildfire in a national forest spread farther away from the storied coastal town of Big Sur on Monday but forced resid...
AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A large wildfire in a national forest spread farther away from the storied coastal town of Big Sur on Monday but forced resid...
Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green
Is global warming a hazard to your health? Just ask Abdon Felix Garcia, a farm worker in California. Oh, wait! You can't, because he died on Wednesday after working in a vineyard in 108 degree heat.
AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home
PARADISE, Calif. — One person was found dead inside a burned-out house Friday after a wind-fueled wildfire swept through a rural community in th...
AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 07.05.2008 | Green
LOS ANGELES — Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried...
AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 07.03.2008 | Green
BIG SUR, Calif. — Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the s...
New York Times | Jesse McKinley | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home
Facing a stubborn fire, California officials ordered the evacuation of Big Sur on Wednesday as flames flared on nearby mountaintops and moved steadily...
AP | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green
BIG SUR, Calif. — Authorities are urging residents to evacuate most of the community of Big Sur on the California coast because a wildfire burni...
Bob Ostertag | Posted 06.30.2008 | Green
From here on out, every weather calamity will arrive in a wrapper of unspoken dread: what if this event does not fit the old pattern?
AP | SCOTT LINDLAW | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home
SAN FRANCISCO — With hundreds of wildfires raging across remote, rugged parts of California for a second week, fire officials have been forced t...
AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 06.29.2008 | Home
SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters in Northern California battled more than a thousand wildfires to a stalemate by Sunday, but forecasters said danger...
AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of lightning-sparked wildfires have turned the air of Northern California into an unhealthy stew of smoke and ash,...
AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home
BIG SUR, Calif. — Firefighters bulked up their defenses Friday against a wildfire that threatened parts of this storied tourist town and prepare...
LA Times | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
So, California. The economy's in the toilet, the state budget is bleeding red, the drought's getting worse and we've got wildfires so fierce, one of o...
AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home
SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters from neighboring states arrived to help Monday after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked more than 800 wildf...
AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 06.22.2008 | Home
SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of wildfires sparked by lightning flared Sunday across the heart of wine country and remote forests in Northern Califor...
AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 06.21.2008 | Home
SAN FRANCISCO — A fast-moving fire erupted Friday along the Northern California coast, burning homes, forcing hundreds of residents to flee and ...
AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 05.22.2008 | Home
CORRALITOS, Calif. — Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of...
AP | JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home
SIERRA MADRE, Calif. — Firefighters gained ground Sunday against an early season wildfire that slowly chewed its way through dense brush near Lo...
Washington Post | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics
On Oct. 23, the day of FEMA's now infamous phony news conference, the agency's former external affairs chief, Pat Philbin, announced plans to promote ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.29.2007 | Politics
Just in time for the holidays comes the gift that everyone needed: a book with a grown man fellating the state of California on its cover.
AP | Posted 11.24.2007 | Home
A fast-moving wildfire pushed by Santa Ana winds raced through the canyons and mountains of this wealthy enclave for the second time in little more th...
Al Meyerhoff | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics
Each fire or flood or other disaster is viewed by the media and politicians alike as an exceptional event, not the result of systemic failure by private capital, policymakers and government.
AP | Aaron C. Davis | Posted 11.17.2007 | Home
Several aircraft were able to fly in strong winds on the first full day of last month's Southern California firestorms, contradicting officials' earli...
Justin Hudnall | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living
Writing a check for medical supplies is so businesslike, while giving a teddy bear is warm and fuzzy. It makes the giver feel good, which is the problem: Giving is not supposed to be about the giver.
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BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green