While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large ...

Forecasters in Southern California expect to issue a 'particularly dangerous situation' red flag warning for the coming week ...

They either have a death wish, they’re stupid, or there’s something else going on that we don’t understand. But we want the ...

The increased frequency and size of conflagrations like those burning in LA threaten even species that evolved with wildfires ...

Vinyl record enthusiast Scott Dudelson lost a collection of around 8,000 LPs after the Palisades fire burnt down his home ...

Many projects on a list of about three dozen “highest priority” upgrades compiled by county officials in 2013 have yet to ...

A resident of the Malibou Lake area in the Santa Monica Mountains, Chancellor said the November 2018 Woolsey Fire burned up to the family's backyard. The area also was threatened by the 1,000-acre ...

For Edison, this is reminiscent of the situations it faced with the 2017 Thomas Fire (and subsequent mudslides) that burned through Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and the 2018 Woolsey Fire ...

Under a red flag warning, any fires that do start are more likely to spread at a rapid rate behind strong winds. Flying embers also speed a brush fire's spread. Powerful gusts can cast hot embers for ...

Somini Sengupta, a climate reporter who has lived across Los Angeles, reflects on the city, its mythology and its reckoning ...