A mother and child stranded deep in the dense Stanislaus National Forest late last week left a trail of handwritten notes that helped their rescuers find them, officials announced this week.

In California’s never-ending effort to thin its forests to prevent devastating wildfires, crews are removing millions of tons of small trees and brush every year. And then most of it goes up in

The Green Fire, burning near Shasta Lake, is now California’s third-biggest wildfire of the year, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

Workers used reclaimed wood to create benches, stairs, and fences to help people trek the Ben Johnson trail safely

At least four firefighters have been injured over the last week while battling three wildfires in Northern California forests that are burning amid extreme heat in steep, bone-dry terrain, fire officials said Monday.