In the last few years, insurance companies have been shedding thousands of policies in perceived riskier pockets of the state. Homeowners are left stranded.

Firefighters were rushing Thursday evening to contain a wildfire burning in Jefferson County, seven miles west of Culver.

The North Lone Pine Fire sparked to the west of Red Feather Lakes in Larimer County around 3 p.m. According to NoCo Alert, mandatory evacuations have been ordered near Deadman Road, including County Road 86. Authorities said residents in the area need to leave immediately.

Southern California Edison didn't tell L.A. fire investigators about the failure of its transmission equipment, which happened minutes before deadly 2019 wildfire in Sylmar.

In some areas, crews are relying on helicopters to scoop water from nearby canals and drop it on hotspots of the Mile Marker 39 Fire.

Sekonaia Takafua is charged with second-degree murder for the death of Shawn Lewis, a well-known amputee surfer, in Waikapu last September. He’s also being prosecuted for firearms and drug charges from a previous incident.

Cowlitz DEM announced that most of downtown Kalama, the area east of Horizon Drive, and people on Meeker Drive were under a Level 1 - BE READY to evacuate status. They lifted that order shortly after 3 p.m. after the threat of the fire had decreased.

The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District downgraded some of the evacuation orders and alerts near the Mount Underwood Wildfire south of Port Alberni on Wednesday.