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Officials say fire officials were making significant advances overnight in battling a wildfire that’s been burning in the coastal hills of Southern California for nearly a week. More than 1.600 firefighters fought the...

Firefighters battled a wildfire that burned through the southern California coastal hills for a sixth day on Saturday. The fire, in the Santa Ynez Mountains west of Santa Barbara, grew only slightly since Friday to almost 27...

The historical drought in the American West related to climate change is making the fight against forest fires more difficult to fight. The Alisal fire in the Santa Ynez Mountains West of Santa Barbara has grown as little as 68...

Waning winds presented firefighters with new challenges fighting a fire in Southern California’s coastal mountains, which threatening ranches and rural homes and bringing a critical highway to a standstill for days on end....

A wildfire north of Santa Barbara detonated on Monday, prompting evacuation orders and forcing a key Central California highway closure. The big picture: The unsuppressed Alisal fire has been ignited in the vicinity of the...