A wildfire that erupted on an island within Channel Islands National Park has become California’s largest wildfire of the year so far, scorching more than 10,000 acres, destroying historic buildings and threatening rare plant ecosystems that conservationists had spent years trying to restore.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N), opens new tab CEO Greg Abel on Saturday welcomed a ​recent court decision that could limit liabilities at its PacifiCorp utility business as it defends ‌against lawsuits over wildfires in Oregon and northern California.

A new wildfire was reported early Thursday at 12:32 a.m. in Riverside County, California.

A dangerous heat wave has swept across much of California and the U.S. Southwest, bringing triple-digit temperatures and heightening the risk of wildfires.

A fast-moving wildfire in central California, known as the Gifford Fire, has scorched more than 260 square kilometers across Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, threatening hundreds of homes and leaving at least three people injured.

A fast-growing wildfire in central California's wilderness has surged in size, fueled by scorching temperatures and dry conditions just before the July Fourth holiday.

California’s deadly wildfires may finally be coming to an end as a weekend storm drenches the dry terrain, but it also poses a new risk of flash floods.

US President Donald Trump travelled to California on Friday to survey the destruction from deadly wildfires that devastated several communities in the Los Angeles area earlier this month.

Five new wildfires have erupted in southern California just ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the state.