A widespread and prolonged heat wave is expected to intensify fire concerns across California over the next few days, as temperatures rise and landscapes further dry out. Already, several fires are burning in Central and Southern California.

A heat wave is predicted to begin this Wednesday and run through Saturday. It is expected to peak on Thursday with some areas reaching temperatures in the triple digits. The cause is a high-pressure system,

California's next heat wave is on the way. Here's how temperatures in the Bay Area will trend and which spots will feel the biggest impacts.

Hundreds of remote homes are threatened by a massive wildfire churning through Los Padres National Forest in Central California.

Hundreds of remote homes are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central California

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured as it burned through Los Padres National Forest. The Gifford Fire scorched more than 113 square miles (293 square kilometers) of coastal Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties,