Rising temperatures pose new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that has injured four people as it has become the biggest blaze in the state so far this year.

A fast-growing brush fire is forcing thousands of people to evacuate in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles

Firefighters in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles made good progress in their battle against a brush fire that has forced thousands of people to evacuate, officials said Friday. The Canyon Fire ignited Thursday afternoon and spread rapidly in the dry,