Ten structures — including four homes — have been destroyed by a wildfire sweeping through central Oregon as thousands of homes in the state and in Northern California wine country remained under evacuation orders Monday.

Thousands of homes in Northern California wine country and central Oregon were under evacuation orders and warnings Sunday as firefighting crews battled wildfires in dry, hot weather. The Pickett Fire,

A sweltering heat wave lingering across the West has prompted extreme heat warnings and watches for portions of the Desert Southwest, California, Washington, and Oregon. Several high-temperature records were broken in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington recently,