We are severely understaffed,” said Jerry May, president of San Jose Firefighters Local 230 Union and a San Jose Fire ...

A fight over fire response in Santa Clara County has sparked threats of service disruptions and put firefighter jobs in flux.

In the Bay Area, two of the largest city fire departments are stretched, raising questions about their ability to protect ...

Redwood City announced last week the appointment of Baraka Carter as its new fire chief.

If things go as planned, the south end of Palo Alto will face a massive transformation and residential growth in the coming ...

Baraka Carter has been appointed as the new fire chief for the Redwood City Fire Department, which also serves San Carlos, City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz announced Friday.

Baraka Carter, longtime South Bay fire chief, was named to the same position in Redwood City, it was announced by City ...

Constantin has experience with wildfires. He was assistant city manager in Chico when the 2018 Camp Fire started and coated the city in ash. He was also city manager of San Dimas when the Bridge Fire ...

A brush fire started up Wednesday evening in an area of Santa Paula between the Santa Clara River and Highway ... according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

With conditions improving on the fire lines and containment growing, evacuation orders and warnings were dramatically scaled ...

GILROY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- Three people were treated for potential exposure after a chemical leak in south Gilroy on ...

The Hughes Fire grew rapidly near Castaic Lake, about 45 miles northwest of the city of Los Angeles, after it broke out at ...