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, ...

The maps are part of a 40-year-old program in which the state Forestry and Fire Protection Department ... in Pacific Palisades, CA, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The wind-whipped fire destroyed ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has updated its classification ... North and south of the Santa Monica Mountains as well as almost everything on both sides of the 405 ...

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 ...

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

California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire ... surrounded by dense forest or occupying a known wind tunnel is more likely to skew yellow, orange and red, no matter ...

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 ...