Crews overcame a threatening flare-up during the night and worked Monday to halt a wildfire northeast of Los Angeles that has sent 1,000 people fleeing their homes.Water-dropping aircraft were back in the air Monday to complement ground crews as more...

Fire crews battling a wildfire had a close call early Monday as winds, which had been fairly tame, unexpectedly kicked up and sent flames within yards of several houses.Firefighters watered down embers that drifted onto a few roofs and fought back the...

A wildfire that broke out in a popular hiking area blackened the steep slopes of the foothills near Pasadena and forced mandatory evacuations for 300 homes, authorities said Sunday.Two hundred homes around Sierra Madre were evacuated Saturday night and...

Fire officials say another round of evacuations is under way for residents in the foothills near Pasadena as a wildfire continues to burn out of control.Elisa Weaver of the Arcadia Fire Department says 200 hundred homes were evacuated Saturday night and...

A wildfire that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods near Pasadena might not be under control for days, officials said early Sunday.Firefighters originally had hoped to have the blaze contained Sunday, but...

A wildfire that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods near Pasadena might not be under control for days, officials said early Sunday.Firefighters originally had hoped to have the blaze contained Sunday, but...

Authorities say about 100 homes are being evacuated as a 100-acre wildfire in Southern California’s Angeles National Forest creeps closer to neighborhoods in Sierra Madre.The fire about 10 miles northeast of Pasadena broke out Saturday afternoon and...