The Wolf Fire was just one of a spate of smaller-sized fires in the Inland Empire over the past two weeks, often near fast-growing residential areas. Hundreds of thousands of new housing units have been added in the wildland-urban interface in Riverside and San Bernardino counties over the past two decades,

A haze visible in parts of the Sacramento Valley on Thursday is from multiple wildfires burning in Northern California. A north wind is pushing the smoke to the valley, and a high-pressure system is locking it in with little wind.

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:45 p.m. in Humboldt County, California. Line Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it has yet to be determined.

Laguna Beach police said they identified the suspect as a 13-year-old boy, who was arrested on suspicion of felony reckless burning of forest land.

LAGUNA BEACH — A 13-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of setting off fireworks that sparked a wildfire this week in coastal Southern California, forcing the evacuations of about a hundred canyon homes, authorities said.

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:18 p.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.

The Eaton and Palisades fires in January caused an unprecedented level of destruction, killing at least 30 people, destroying more than 16,000 homes in L.A. County and leaving a burn zone 2½ times the size of New York’s Manhattan. Two weeks into peak fire season, wildfires are spreading in California. Officials say it’s just the beginning.

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The fire has prompted evacuation orders, warnings and highway closures in San Luis Obispo County about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:31 a.m. in Riverside County, California. At present, details about the containment of the fire are unknown.