Dozens of blazes ravage region amid record-breaking temperatures that are straining the state's power grid

'As a Jewish mayor, I’m particularly proud and happy to see them come to our aid,' says Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg

Israeli team set to spend 2 weeks in the San Francisco Bay Area, where some of the largest fires in the US state's recent history are raging

Officials concerned expected weather change could bring more lightning strikes; 5 dead in blazes, 700 hundred houses destroyed

De Toledo High School in West Hills says that while cleaning of campus, it found boxes of masks purchased for community during the wildfires last fall

About 7,000 homes and around 30,000 people ordered evacuated between the cities of Simi Valley and Moorpark; cause of blaze not yet clear

State's largest utility warned it may cut power for the third time in as many weeks as forecasts detail what could be the strongest winds of the year coupled with bone-dry humidity

50,000 people ordered to leave their homes north of Los Angeles as blaze near Santa Clarita spirals out of control

Around 2 million people expected to be affected for up to several days after power company pulls the plug to stop wildfires