ALTURAS, Calif. -- A U.S. Forest Service firefighter from South Dakota has been killed battling one of more than a dozen wildfires raging across California, Forest Service officials said Friday night.

Forest firefighters on Monday called a 48-hour strike and then cancelled it a little over an hour later.Trade unions Oekdy-Sek, Pasykek-Peo, and Dee-Kdoko-Deok had complained that “violations” of the ...

U.S. Forest Service firefighter Alan Gudino, right, shields his face while battling the Madre fire in San Luis Obispo County in July. (Noah Berger / Associated Press) The U.S. Forest Service has ...