Rainfall Helps Control Calif. Wildfires
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A rainstorm helped firefighters gain control of wildfires burning across the Sierra Nevada, including a nearly 17,000-acre blaze and a smaller fire ignited by a suspected arsonist in Yosemite National Park.
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Firefighters and homeowners got cooler temperatures and hint of rain Friday to help douse a wildfire that has forced people out of homes and cabins.
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By Stephen Curran, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 14--As temperatures soared Wednesday, emergency personnel took to land, water and air to battle two small fires in the North County and another near Arroyo Grande, all just before 3 p.m.
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From the high desert to the Pacific Ocean, out-of-control wildfires engulfed swaths of drought-parched Southern California, claiming one life, destroying several homes and a church in Malibu, and forcing an entire community to evacuate
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Favorable weather and firefighter reinforcements have helped ease the fire danger in parts of Southern California, but the human toll from the disaster was still coming to light.
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By The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 9--After more than a week of blue skies, the Central Coast's weather turned Friday and rain is expected to continue through the weekend.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS OJAI, Calif. - Helicopters lifted off as winds calmed Sunday, ferrying water and transporting firefighters to battle a three-week-old wildfire that has scorched more than 200 square miles of the Los Padres National Forest.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 -- The fires of Southern California were largely abating on Sunday. Hills on both ends of San Diego County still blazed, as did a wooded canyon in Orange County and the tall, dead trees of the San Bernardino Mountains. But with a weekend of favorable winds and even a smattering...
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Aided by cooler weather, firefighters in Southern California were gaining ground on two wildfires that raged through brush left dry by high summer temperatures.
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A weekend of good weather means the fires are finally on the wane  -  and the time to ask how California coped is here
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COLEVILLE, Calif. - Firefighters on Thursday reported big gains in controlling a wildfire that had forced residents to flee this scenic eastern Sierra Nevada community.
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By Nicole E. Squibbs, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Mar. 3--A brush fire that began on the California side of the Colorado River levee Tuesday, about one mile northeast of Pacific Avenue, was 100 percent controlled and contained by Friday afternoon.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 -- Fast-moving thunderstorms Sunday brought new waves of rain to Southern California, after days of drenching weather and heavy mountain snowfall.
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Firefighters battling wildfires that have raged out of control for more than two weeks in Australia have taken advantage of cooler conditions to clear land in an attempt to contain the blazes.
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After a week of battling high temperatures, gusty winds and lightning, firefighters caught a break when a storm system bringing higher humidity helped them tame wildfires throughout the state.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS  OJAI, Calif. - Hot, dry Santa Ana winds gusting to more than 50 mph Saturday stoked the flames of a three-week-old wildfire in Los Padres National Forest and ignited at least two new fires.
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Weeks into a wildfire season that has already burned parts of Catalina Island, Los Angeles and Lake Tahoe, swaths of California's flammable national forests are some days protected by nothing more than luck.