Earlier this month, State Farm — the state’s largest home insurance provider — asked the California Department of Insurance ...

State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern region.

Cal Fire added more than 360,000 acres in coastal Northern California to its fire hazard zones where heightened fire safety ...

As Oakland faces a massive budget crisis, an auditor has found the city has been overpaying some Departments of ...

Measure MM, approved by a majority of voters, aims to remove highly flammable trees like eucalyptus for wildfire mitigation.

The blaze at the former Ace Machine facility, 1000 40th Ave., at San Leandro Street, started about 11 p.m. Saturday. The fire stayed inside the warehouse and crews fought it defensively, according to ...

A massive vehicle fire broke out Sunday on East 8th Street along Interstate 880 in Oakland, California. The Oakland Fire ...

The blaze in the 1000 block of 40th Avenue, near the intersection of 40th Avenue and San Leandro Street, stayed inside the ...

Fire crews on Saturday night were able to knock-down a two-alarm fire in Oakland that started at a warehouse on 40th St., ...

State Farm submitted a request for an emergency interim rate, which would have increased costs by 22% for some homeowners.

According to Neil Elder, deputy chief of operations, the fire department was dispatched at approximately 9:10 a.m. Wednesday to the 1600 block of North Oakland Avenue. "Witnesses reported there ...

They have the top job and can hire and fire police chiefs and city administrators, but they're not the "strong mayors" some ...