On LA fire lines, inmates shoulder heavy packs and tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a day
Sal Almanza has worked 24-hour shifts in grueling terrain, cutting fire lines and hauling away brush trying to keep ahead of ...
The homes are the fire's fuel
The home ignites, becoming the fire’s fuel. Soon, it puts off radiant heat that can ignite the exterior of the home next door ...
How Will L.A. Rebuild? The Recovery From the Wine Country Fire Offers Clues.
The Tubbs fire in 2017 wiped out more than 5,000 structures in a Northern California county. Homeowners faced challenges, but ...
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What happens to kids when their schools are destroyed?
Kids lose so much when a disaster strikes. Too many have lost family members to the wildfires that have raged across Los ...
Live L.A. fire updates: L.A. faces more fire weather next week as residents inspect devastation
As many as 11,000 people will be able to return home as crews continue to get a handle on fires that started during an ...
Journalist leaves home to cover the wildfires as flames barreled toward his front door
Ryan Pearson, a Los Angeles-based entertainment video editor for The Associated Press, lost his home to the California ...
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Wildfires Can Contaminate Drinking Water Systems With Harmful Chemicals
Some local water systems in the Los Angeles area have begun issuing warnings about potentially unsafe drinking water.
Home insurance was already hard to get. Then came L.A.’s fires. Here’s what the data show, and what else to know.
David and Peggy Blue were dumbfounded when they were notified last month that their home insurance would not be renewed because of a tall sycamore tree that overhangs their Altadena house. Their ...
Incarcerated firefighters offer aid, find potential career path battling L.A. blazes
More than 1,100 incarcerated firefighters have battled the Palisades and Eaton fires. They are part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Conservation Fire Camps Program.
California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted last week and roared across the Los Angeles area.