RANCHO CUCAMONGA — A California man has pleaded not guilty to starting a fire that authorities said ballooned into a massive wildfire and forced the evacuation of thousands of homes. …
The Norco man accused of setting the Line fire burning in San Bernardino County was charged with nine felonies on Thursday, Sept. 12, including one count of aggravated arson that …
OROVILLE — A 26-year-old man has been accused of igniting a destructive California wildfire in early July by throwing a firework from a car window during hot, dry and windy …
Authorities arrested a man for allegedly igniting a brush fire outside Marinwood on Tuesday. No injuries or structure damages were reported. The fire burned between the Queenstone and Ponte fire …
The official cause of the Markely Fire, allegedly set by Victor Serriteno of Vacaville, to conceal the death of a Vallejo woman? “Arson,” said CAL FIRE Battalion Chief Joseph Baldwin, …
In one of his signature songs, Johnny Cash drawls about shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die. In real life, the country star unintentionally ignited a California …
The incident was captured on surveillance video, leading to McGregor’s arrest. A McDonald’s restaurant employee, Joshua Daryl McGregor, was sentenced to five years in prison after he intentionally set the …
Santa Cruz Mountains residents say they are unsettled by the news that local officials are looking into arson as the potential cause of four recent fires in the area — …
Fire crews held containment on the Park Fire steady Wednesday as it completed a full week of destructive burning across two Northern California counties. The blaze was 18% contained as …
BY JULIE CART | CalMatters Of all the insidious threats faced by wildland firefighters — extreme heat, desiccated forests, unpredictable fire behavior and a nearly year-round fire season — what …