The blazes that began on Jan. 7 charred thousands of buildings, cars and electronics across the Los Angeles area, creating ...

Initial location: Los Angeles County, Calif. Hughes Postfire Baer initially started 5:59 a.m. Feb. 1 in Los Angeles County.

The Probation Department’s failure to properly supervise probationers was blamed, in part, for the deaths of two El Monte police officers in 2022.

Assemblymember Steve Bennett is proposing legislation to better protect water supplies during a wildfire. Here's why.

Contractors test soil samples for contaminants like lead or mercury and remove tainted soil. If a section still tests high, ...

When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.

Blocking aid to another state in need is a relatively new ugly streak in American politics. Aid for California shouldn't be a ...

Editorial: House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump should not be so keen on a diminution of the federal ...

Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready?

On Sunday at 1:45 a.m. a dense fog advisory was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA valid for Sunday between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. The advisory is for San Luis Obispo County Beaches, San Luis Obispo ...

Column written by Patrice Horner] The damage from the fire in the Palisades goes deep, which is not all obvious at first. A ...