Palisades fire victims are suing LADWP, claiming downed power lines caused a second ignition — and the utility tried to hide ...

A wildfire raging through California 's Eastern Sierra region has scorched 1,000 acres and triggered evacuations across ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...

The legal settlement allows developers to build 2,750 single homes in a smaller area than they originally proposed in ...

Photo by Ted Soqui for CalMatters California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... Jan. 27, 2025. The wind-whipped fire destroyed at least 23,448 acres and destroyed thousands ...

explains what causes extreme winds like this in Southern California, and why they create such a dangerous fire risk. The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the ...