Even some attorneys are alarmed by the swarm of law firms pitching their services to vulnerable victims who have lost homes ...

Those include higher rates of employment in industries requiring a physical presence, higher exposure to air pollution and ...

A lawsuit filed Monday claims Southern California Edison equipment sparked the Eaton Fire. The lawsuit alleges that Southern ...

Many municipalities are already considering approaching voters with a wide range of new taxes and borrowing measures they ...

By Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, ...

The blazes that began on Jan. 7 charred thousands of buildings, cars and electronics across the Los Angeles area, creating ...

From 40 school districts in Sonoma County to 88 cities in Los Angeles County, California likes local control — even if they ...

Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...

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.

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?

A perfect storm of climate extremes set the stage for devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in early 2025. After two ...