Matthew Rodriguez is a digital producer for CBS Los Angeles. He's previously reported for local outlets like the Argonaut and Pasadena Weekly. Matt typically covers breaking news and crime. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A live-fire demonstration showed even on a cloudy and drizzly Oregon day how defensible space and home hardening can protect ...

RIVERSIDE, California (KCAL/KCBS) — The Riverside City Council passed an ordinance requiring 100 feet of defensible space around buildings in high-hazard fire zones. The ordinance also requires more ...

As wildfire season fast approaches, Riverside Fire Department officials are initiating citywide inspections to ensure residential and commercial properties maintain appropriate “defensible space,” ...

Wildfire risk is growing across the West, and more people are building homes in places where urban development meets the wild — what’s known as the wildland/urban interface (WUI). So it’s more ...

The Los Angeles fires that have damaged more than 12,000 structures are a reminder of a new but growing reality for Americans living in hotter, drier and more fire-prone areas – the need to create ...

Animal Care and Control says a coyote was spotted enjoying the peace and quiet on this secluded rooftop in North Beach. San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Beau Leroux talks with KRON4's Ben Ross about ...

During the summer, the Register will once again offer its readers this summer a bi-weekly column from Napa Firewise, Napa County's official wildland fire prevention program. The column will feature ...