Clearing brush! Day after day, year after year, the most powerful man in the world cleared brush. I wondered: How could there possibly be so much brush on his ranch? Did the Secret Service ...

The Palm Springs Fire Department kicked off its annual brush mitigation program Thursday morning, with crews beginning work to clear more than 100 acres of city-owned property to reduce wildfire ...

Fire experts say trimming the vegetation directly around a home goes a long way in reducing fire danger, but clearing vast areas of Los Angeles' chaparral brush could actually make the problem worse.

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley asked for full-time employees to augment a mostly volunteer brush-clearing crew two years ago.

Mulchers are evolving, offering new benefits for land clearing, including a cleaner finish. Mulcher attachments have become smaller, lighter and, consequently, more efficient, as they can be ...

Clean SD is heading a pilot program aimed at helping people living in homeless encampments while clearing brush and protecting neighborhoods from wildfires.

The requirement to clear brush depends on the geographical location of the land. It reduces the risk of fire.

39 projects are set as part of a brush clearing and fire prevention project at the Douglas Family Preserve. Crews will be busy through January.

Could more brush clearance really have stopped catastrophic California wildfires? Brush clearance more significant in Northern California ecosystem than hills around Los Angeles, according to experts ...

After thousands of homes were destroyed, many are looking for ways to make Los Angeles safer from wildfires. But clearing dense shrubs on the hillsides could actually make the fire danger worse.