Reporting from Mariposa, Calif. — Mariposa is the Spanish word for “butterfly,” and the town’s butterfly theme is ubiquitous: Colorful butterflies can be found on street murals and sidewalks, in store ...

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California wildfire authorities have arrested a senior Mariposa County man identified as the suspect responsible for starting the July 2022 Oak fire, which burned more than 19,000 acres of vegetation ...

A fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park quickly spread in the mountainous terrain of Mariposa County threatening to destroy more than 1,000 structures going into late Friday night. All the ...

The Oak Fire, burning through rural communities in Mariposa County about 10 miles west of Yosemite National Park, is the kind of fast-moving blaze that firefighters had been worried about as ...