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 ...

The city faces a choice: remake itself into something largely familiar or take a bolder path and emerge as a new metropolis.

At least 29 people were killed in the two fires that scorched thousands of acres and destroyed or damaged more than 18,000 ...

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...

A writer who grew up in the devastated community tried — and failed — to save his family home. But he didn’t lose just a house. He lost his childhood.

Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, ...

The fluctuating school availability of Malibu campuses this month left some local residents concerned, including one day spent in the dark. On January 23, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District ...

CalMatters reports on the alarming issue of home development in highly flammable areas in the state of California.

As the deadly LA wildfires and other major emergencies have shown, alerts rely on a complicated chain of communication ...

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.  LOS ANGELES (AP) — When ...