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

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

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

Chancellor said the November 2018 Woolsey Fire burned up to the family's backyard. The area also was threatened by the 1,000-acre Kenneth Fire earlier this month in parts of Los Angeles and ...

As of late last week, investigations were under way into whether equipment owned and operated by Southern California Edison, ...

Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has taken the ... particularly the most destructive natural disasters. After the Woolsey Fire in 2008 that ravaged the beachfront community of Malibu ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...