Bass pushes post-Palisades fire reopening of PCH to Monday; surprise delay irks county officials
With Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass delaying the city’s plans to remove all checkpoints for access to Pacific Palisades along ...
Breaking: Magic Fire reported in Los Angeles County on Feb. 2
Initial location: Los Angeles County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 4:06 p.m. in Los Angeles County. Magic Fire ...
Breaking: New wildfire reported in Los Angeles County on Feb. 2
A new wildfire was reported today at 5:53 p.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is ...
Southern California fires: The daunting task of clearing the debris
Contractors test soil samples for contaminants like lead or mercury and remove tainted soil. If a section still tests high, ...
California should expedite rules that could have helped mitigate L.A. fires, lawmakers say
Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...
As crews clean up from LA fires, some residents are furious over hazardous waste
The blazes that began on Jan. 7 charred thousands of buildings, cars and electronics across the Los Angeles area, creating ...
Funds to fight fires — not crime — is new priority for many California cities
Many municipalities are already considering approaching voters with a wide range of new taxes and borrowing measures they ...
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Santa Rosa wrote the playbook for the long road to recovery after 2017 Tubbs Fire. These lessons could aid Los Angeles
Nearly a month since several blazes ignited across Los Angeles County, the channels of communications have been established ...
Palisades and Eaton wildfires 100% contained after nearly a month of burning
LOS ANGELES − After nearly a month of destruction, smoke, and ash, the Eaton and Palisades fires that once ensconced Los ...
Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Aleksander Edwards tries to save his and his neighbors’ homes in the Tahitian Terrace mobile home park
Hailey Branson-Potts is a Metro reporter who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2011. She reports on a wide range of issues and people, with a special focus on communities along the coast. She grew up in ...
It Was the Big One. Just Not the One L.A. Was Expecting.
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?