California wildfires

Minnesota sending crew to help fight California wildfires

Conversations about the California Wildfires should not focus on wealth or status; they should center on the personal loss and emotional toll people are enduring right now.

Devastating wildfires on both ends of California pushed into new territory Saturday, as firefighters worked to contain blazes that already have claimed at least 25 lives, destroyed thousands of homes and scorched hundreds of square miles.

Retirement communities built on golf courses, semi-rural racehorse stables and other usually serene sites were engulfed by flames as the San Diego area became the latest front in California’s wildfire fight.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- California's newest huge wildfire advanced on thousands of homes Wednesday, feeding on drought-stricken vegetation and destroying an untold number of structures as it expanded to nearly 47 square miles.

GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Crews battling wildfires in four states are bracing for worsening conditions as a heat wave will bring potentially record-shattering temperatures across the Southwest.

COBB, Calif. (AP) — Explosive fires are raging across California, causing people to flee their homes and burning a broad swath of land.