As the rampaging wildland fires hit modern communities, the interior of stick-constructed homes, chock-full of synthetic materials derived from petroleum, are incendiary bombs becoming an incandescent ...
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?
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 ...
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, ...
Urban fires pose particular threats to marine ecosystems. Debris and toxins released from the fires can damage kelp forests and lead to destructive algal blooms that snuff out ocean life. Now that Los ...