On October 28, 2025, Southern California braced for a dangerous convergence of weather extremes reminiscent of conditions not seen since the devastating 2020 fire season. Blistering Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching 45 mph,

Cal Fire’s emergency incident webpage, which lists all the ongoing wildfires in the state, does not currently show any active blazes as of Tuesday afternoon. And experts are thanking favorable weather over the past two months. Craig Clements, a ...

That devastation — and the federal and state dollars it burns through in suppression and prevention costs — has caught the attention of California Senator Alex Padilla, who is pushing the bipartisan Fix Our Forest Act to reduce wildfire risk, restore forest health and streamline forest management.

Dozens of conflagrations have raged across more than 5 million acres (1.6 million hectares) in Oregon, California and Washington state since August, laying waste to several small towns, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 35 people.

California needs new rules to help future wildfires from destroying homes and businesses. But Zone Zero regulations, a key tenet of the state's plans, have roiled homeowners.

Californians have long relied on federal support to respond and recover from major disasters, but experts are sounding the alarm, saying the Trump Administration could delay assistance when it’s most needed. Threat to withhold aid: President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold aid after fires in 2018 and 2020, and on the campaign trail in 2024.