Fire officials today estimated that the Zaca Fire could be contained by Aug. 3 8 one week later than previously anticipated due to the slow growth in the wilderness northeast of the Santa Ynez Valley.

California firefighters finally declared victory over the Zaca fire Sunday. The blaze was declared fully contained at 6 p.m., two months after it was sparked by an allegedly reckless water pipe ...

Last Saturday, while my 6-year-old grandson, Luke, was spending the night, we received a phone call from Officer Andreasen of the Lompoc Police Department. He explained that he was patrolling ...

So how did the Camp Fire get its name? A dispatcher named the wildfire after Camp Creek Road, where it originated, SFGate reported in 2018. Here’s how California wildfires get their handles. Its name ...