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Kristi Mastrofini stared down the roaring gun barrel of the deadly Klamathon fire that was ready to burst through Oregon’s... Read More

Wildfires in the U.S. have charred more than 10,000 square miles so far this year, an area larger than the... Read More

Hawaii County officials say they need $800 million to recover from the Kilauea volcano disaster. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports Managing... Read More

Honolulu officials have agreed to pay a $2 million settlement to a woman who was hit by a car while... Read More

The California Legislature voted Friday to allow power companies to raise electric bills to cover the cost of lawsuits from... Read More

A California-based trucking company and one of its drivers were accused of negligence Friday in a pair of lawsuits as... Read More

The question of whether Washington voters will have their say on a measure designed to make it easier to prosecute... Read More

California utilities regulators would have the option of letting power companies charge their customers for some of the costs of... Read More

Two-thirds of California’s beaches may be washed away by the end of the century, according to the state’s latest forecast.... Read More

Federal agencies have completed the first high-resolution mapping of a fast-moving underwater tectonic fault that extends from Vancouver Island, Canada,... Read More