Contractors test soil samples for contaminants like lead or mercury and remove tainted soil. If a section still tests high, crews remove 3 to 6 more inches of soil and retest. The goals of soil ...

Even some attorneys are alarmed by the swarm of law firms pitching their services to vulnerable victims who have lost homes and loved ones.

The two wildfires that ravaged Pacific Palisades and the Altadena-Pasadena areas were fully contained Saturday after killing 29 people, destroying more than 16,000 structures and burning more than 37, ...

Mayor Karen Bass announced Saturday evening the checkpoints restricting access to the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades will not end Sunday as previously reported with the help of additional state law ...

As residents continue returning to the Palisades and Eaton burn areas, authorities are urging them to be aware of poential health hazards and wear masks, gloves and other protective gear if they are ...

Redwood City’s Pets In Need is one of several shelters that has received 30 cats and dogs relocated to free up space for animals displaced by the fires.

Can California learn from other states about housing recovery after a natural disaster? That’s the idea behind Assembly Bill 239 by Assemblymember John Harabedian, a freshman Democrat from Pasadena ...

South Coast AQMD—the air pollution control agency for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties—covers an area of 10,743 square miles that is ...

As the sun beamed down on Altadena on Saturday, a heartbroken mother was filled with emotion. Evelyn Cathirell visited her home for the first time since it was destroyed by the Eaton Fire. Not only ...

registration, programs, drop-in activities, rental parks, arenas and rooms, swimming, skating, fitness, sport ...