A brush fire that erupted Thursday in foothills on the east end of Hemet consumed nearly 15 acres before Cal Fire aircraft significantly slowed its advance, preventing it from reaching homes in the ...

A fire in Hemet Thursday evening quickly burned 15 acres as fire departments worked to contain the spread, according to reports. The Gibbel fire was first reported at around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan ...

A fast-moving wildfire exploded to roughly 10,200 acres near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic Wednesday morning, ...

The friendly, smart photographer and curator was a regular presence at arts events, columnist David Allen writes. Also: two readers exclaim about a retired Hemet teacher.

Firefighters rushed to battle a pair of wildfires that erupted Thursday afternoon in the Inland Empire. Preliminary reports put the Gibbel Fire in Riverside County, which could be seen from ...

Santa Ana winds continued to gust across Southern California, driving new fires that have forced evacuations in the region.

A convicted felon accused of fatally stabbing a 56-year-old woman at a Valle Vista property pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and other offenses. Brian Jerome Patton, 38, of Hemet was arrested ...

The Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires are among the latest blazes for Southern California during a fourth consecutive day of ...

Watch Duty, a nonprofit that tracks wildfires, said that as of 11:26 p.m. the fire was estimated to be 10 acres, burning in ...

Cal Fire and the Los Angeles County Joint Coordination Information Center have released the following information as of 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 on the fires active in Southern California.

Bautista Canyon is named for famed Cahuilla leader Juan Bautista, who represented Cahuilla people in both the Anza Valley and San Timoteo Canyon. Lengthy research by place name historian Jane Davies ...