Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke drifts over a home on Piuma Road as firefighters continue to battle the Franklin fire in Malibu. More photos (Brian van der ...

An aerial firefighting task force has been thwarted — and sometimes grounded — by a new interpretation of a U.S. Forest Service policy that prohibits contractors from providing flight supervision over ...

MALIBU - In the rugged hills of Malibu, where wind-swept canyons and sunbaked vegetation meet the Pacific, the Franklin Fire has brought together a meticulously coordinated effort of ground and aerial ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. (KABC) -- The threat of wildfires happens all year long in Southern California as drought conditions worsen. While local fire crews like the Orange County Fire Authority are well ...

Hailed at its inception as a joint public-private partnership between the county fire agencies of Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange County and SoCal Edison, the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) program has ...