Mercury General posted net income of $202.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, doubling from $101.1 million a year earlier, as the insurer recovered from catastrophic California wildfires that ...

The spring weather pattern is lining up to dry fuels faster than usual in key areas, causing the wildfire risk to escalate early. Here’s where the risk is highest and what could make it spike.

First discovered: 1:56 p.m. Feb. 17 A new wildfire was reported today at 1:56 p.m. in in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no data ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 2:07 a.m. at in Riverside County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private ...

California’s top prosecutor is opening a civil rights investigation into how delayed evacuations impacted a historically ...

A blockbuster lawsuit alleging California and the City of Los Angeles failed to properly extinguish the Lachman Fire, which ...

A dry January means concerning news for some of California's wildfire risk indicators, whereas others are performing well.

Governor Newsom has expanded the CalAssist Mortgage Fund to provide $100,000 in mortgage relief grants for California fire ...

A California state agency won’t meet Governor Gavin Newsom’s year-end deadline to finish long-delayed regulations to protect homes from wildfires, rules that experts say could have limited the ...

The U.S. is facing an affordable housing shortage. It’s also facing increased climate disaster. So how do we build resilient ...

A typical single-family house is encircled by green, its shrubs and plants sitting just under windows and hugging exterior walls. It’s an image that California is trying to get homeowners to rethink ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. California is no stranger to wildfires. Over many years, numerous ...