A 15-year-old Orange County resident has made headlines for his wildfire detection device, reportedly able to work as a smoke alarm for remote areas at risk for wildfires. According to recent media reports, the small device contains sensors able to detect smoke, flames, and heat. Developed by Ryan Honary of Newport Beach, the gadget runs…

The Fairview fire, which began on Labor Day and resulted in two fatalities, jumped Sept. 9 to over 27,000 acres and is at 5 percent containment in Hemet, California. Eleven structures have been destroyed—including residential or commercial—three structures were damaged, one person was injured, and the two deceased were reportedly fleeing from the fire and…

SAN DIEGO—Firefighters continued Sep. 1 to battle a wildfire that has spread over more than 4,200 acres northwest of Tecate, Mexico, destroying four structures—including at least one home—and injuring three people, two critically. The blaze, named the Border 32 Fire, was only about 5 percent contained as of 10 a.m. Thursday, according to Cal Fire….

California’s wildfires are threatening to burn some of the state’s famous and gigantic groves of old-growth sequoias in Sierra Nevada, prompting officials to wrap them in aluminum foil insulation. Earlier this week, officials shared concerns that flames may continue to blaze through the area and reach the Giant Forest, and its grove of 2,000 trees, by Thursday, according to…

My returning guest is Edwards Ring, a writer with the California Policy Center, whose nine-part series “Fixing California” offers some innovative solutions to our biggest problems. He gives us his fixes on these problems: the one-party state, transportation, the housing shortage, homelessness, crime, wildfires, and jobs. California Insider is an Epoch Times show available on…

The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) continues to assist in Northern California as the fires persist, causing local hospitals and all National Forests to temporarily close. Five fire engines, a helicopter, and 22 firefighter personnel are stationed fighting the Dixie Fire that is 52 percent contained as of Sept. 1. Other command positions from the…