Seven days since fires broke out throughout Los Angeles County, nearly 40,000 acres have been burned.  Since the fires started, roughly 200,000 have received an evacuation notice. Among those who chose to leave their home were UW Madison Alum Raleigh Harris and UW Madison freshman Clementine Harris.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers used his seventh State of the State speech Wednesday to urge the Republican-controlled Legislature to enact a wide range of Democratic priorities they have rejected in the past,

When local reporting indicated multiple people had been badly hurt in a shooting at a Wisconsin school on Dec. 16, Scott Bauer was the first AP journalist

Besides burning the most urban area, the Eaton and Palisades fires are the largest ever for California in January. Alexandra Syphard, a senior research scientist at the Conservation Biology Institute, said their timing and path through the city “may have no precedent in history.”

The American Red Cross is encouraging donors to give blood or platelets as winter storms and California wildfires have impacted blood supply.

UW-Stevens Point forest ecology professor Mike Tiller discussed whether wildfires like those in the Los Angeles area could happen in Wisconsin.

MADISON, Wis. -- The California wildfires continue as thousands ... we need to prepare to respond," says Audrey Erdmann of the Wisconsin American Red Cross, who is on the ground in California. "

The American Red Cross of Wisconsin is sending help to southern California to aid in the wildfire relief effort.

Vance notes that only two other Midwest cities have true BRT: Indianapolis and Cleveland. While Chicago had plans for multiple BRT lines, they’ve all been scrapped in favor of other projects.

By adding dementia crisis units, assisted living beds or services such as housing for the homeless, some counties are diversifying nursing homes as an alternative to selling.

The Wisconsin men went 1-1 on their road trip to California, besting USC before falling to UCLA this past Tuesday night, seeing a seven-game win streak come to an end. John Tonje and John Blackwell continued their high-level play as the Badgers (15-4,

This week’s edition of Org Chart includes information about recent appointments in the Global Learning Hub, the Office of Research, Viticulture and Enology and the School of Veterinary Medicine — read on to find more information.