As Cal Fire adopts a better schedule for firefighters, overtime costs grow

Cal Fire began rolling out the new schedule in 2024 and over the next five years the department plans to increase the number ...
FOX40 News

Smoke expected as Cal Fire conducts burn in El Dorado County

(FOX40.COM) — The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Amador – El Dorado Unit, will be conducting a prescribed burn at Baer Ranch in Garden Valley on Wednesday. Video above: Fire ...
Los Angeles Times

Cal Fire approach to SoCal’s wildfire crisis could make things worse, court says

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A court ruled a statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the ...
KSBW The Central Coast

'Disappointing and frustrating': Newsom vetoes Cal Fire raise

California firefighters said they are gutted after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would’ve raised wages for Cal Fire employees.Assembly Bill 1309, introduced by Republican Assemblymember ...
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Cal Fire arrests man on suspicion of arson | Midday Report

Cal Fire-Butte County officials arrested a man Thursday on suspicion of a December arson at an apartment complex in Oroville. Law enforcement officers were looking into Timothy Allen Sikes in the ...
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Cal Fire approach to SoCal's wildfire crisis could make things worse, court says

3:38 p.m. Nov. 25, 2025: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified the Cal Fire program in dispute. It is the California Vegetation Treatment Program, not the Vegetation Management ...