When hills are healthy, vegetation can anchor the soil in place. But when that is burned off, hillsides become vulnerable to erosion, and slopes can come crashing down.

But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires. In fact, ...

California lawmakers are proposing tougher penalties on looting and other opportunistic crimes during disasters after more ...

A Southern California man returned home after evacuating last month’s devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires to discover an ...

The total area burned in the recent Los Angeles fires is comparable to that of the primary destruction zone of a strategic ...

Southern California Edison admits potential role in sparking Hurst Fire in Los Angeles amid ongoing investigations ...

Mobile home residents don't know when or if they will be able to rebuild their homes. Local, state, and federal decisions will affect the fate of some of California's dwindling lower-priced housing.

“California is built to burn — it ... Between 1990 and 2020, the number of homes in the metro Los Angeles region’s wildland-urban interface, where human development meets undeveloped ...

The White House confirmed that President Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to impose an array of conditions for federal ...

By Matt Stiles, Sean O'Key, Byron Manley, Lou Robinson, Curt Merrill, Annette Choi, Rachel Wilson, Henrik Pettersson, Amy ...

LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday began clearing debris from burned properties in Los Angeles County.

Samy Arbid said he found a black bear living under his Altadena home after the Eaton fire raced through the city.