Three months after the Mountain Fire, some property owners get OK to seek permits to rebuild after crews clear fire debris.

With heavy rain bringing the risk of dangerous debris flows, the Los Angeles Fire Department has announced evacuation warnings — and mandatory evacuation orders for some specific addresses — in areas ...

Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin coauthored proposed legislation that aims to strengthen laws on looting, other matters during fires and other emergencies.

After the Thomas Fire in 2017 and Woolsey Fire in 2018 ... Cheri Carlson covers the environment and county government for the Ventura County Star. Reach her at [email protected] ...

Southern California faces a risk of damaging debris flows this week, as a potentially strong atmospheric river is set to ...

Southern California faces a risk of damaging debris flows this week, as a potentially strong atmospheric river is set to ...

The latest response of California’s top regulatory commission to a disaster caused by an electric company can lead to only one logical question: How badly must the state’s regional monopoly ...

When hills are healthy, vegetation anchors soil in place. But when that vegetation is burned off, hillsides become vulnerable to erosion, and slopes can come crashing down.

California legislators came together on Monday to announce bipartisan legislation to strengthen penalties for looting and ...

Over the three-day storm, L.A. County's burn areas are expected to receive several inches of rain. How fast the rain falls ...

Museum of the San Fernando Valley: Hours: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Free admission; donations ...