Holiday cheer filled the Target in El Dorado Hills as the community came together for the Snowball Heroes and Helpers ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 2:42 p.m. in El Dorado County, California. Creek Fire has been burning on private land.

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TMFPD says Battalion Chief Ryan Rizzuto has died off duty and is asking for privacy as the district grieves and provides support to firefighters and his family.

In the 1850s, miners, settlers and soldiers violently drove them out of the Yosemite area during the Gold Rush. Now, 175 ...

Shopping carts filled with warm clothes and aisles filled with laughter and smiles took over Target in El Dorado Hills ...

Tucked between rolling hills and towering pines in California’s historic Gold Country, Placerville offers a refreshing alternative to the state’s budget-crushing coastal cities – a place where your ...

A first-hand account of how the 6-5 Fire unfolded the day it destroyed much of Chinese Camp, from a veteran volunteer fire ...

An explosion and fire near Hayward and Interstate Highway 238 injured multiple people and destroyed at least three structures ...

Cal Fire’s CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit responded close to 2 p.m. Thursday to a fire near Grizzly Oaks Lane, according to a ...

Moore, 39, is charged with third-degree felony home invasion, as well as misdemeanor counts of stalking and of breaking and ...

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has requested a full investigation into revelations that firefighters were ordered to leave a smoldering burn site days before it reignited into the ...