Carter Evans has served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent for CBS News since February 2013, reporting across all of the network's platforms. He joined CBS News with nearly 20 years of journalism ...

Cal Fire’s emergency incident webpage, which lists all the ongoing wildfires in the state, does not currently show any active blazes as of Tuesday afternoon. And experts are thanking favorable weather ...

More than two dozen structures were destroyed in a wildfire in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The Pack Fire burned about 3,000 acres in the area of Highway ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A hiker’s video shows smoke rising from the Lachman fire burn scar on Jan. 2, hours after the LAFD declared the ...

The Pack fire has grown to 3,400 acres amid high winds, but a coming winter storm might help firefighters control the blaze. By Jesus Jiménez and Jill Cowan Reporting from Los Angeles Firefighters in ...

New research shows climate change is now a major driver of wildfire smoke, affecting air quality and health across the western United States.

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