All national forests in California will close Wednesday evening as the state sees “explosive growth of fires throughout” the state. The U.S. Forest Service closed eight national forests in Southern ...

Mudslide risk could increase in Southern California burn areas if trees are cleared, public lands advocate says.

In California’s never-ending effort to thin its forests to prevent devastating wildfires, crews are removing millions of tons of small trees and brush every year. And then most of it goes up in smoke.