Los Angeles’s latest wildfires have reduced communities to ashes and highlighted one of the government’s counterproductive tendencies: barring qualified people from helping their communities because ...

With building contractors in hot demand, the state licensing board is offering tips on how to find a reputable contractor.

As Los Angeles grapples with the aftermath of its most destructive wildfires in history, Rick Caruso represents the strong ...

Firefighters came to help from all over California; from Texas, Oregon and Arizona; from tribal reservations and even Mexico ...

Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates ...

The current budget is $84 million. Gary Jones, director of the Department of Beaches and Harbors, was asking for five new ...

An investigation has found that hundreds of fire hydrants spanning throughout Los Angeles may be in need of repair, despite ...

Flood watches, when flooding conditions are considered ripe, are in place for stretches including the burn scars surrounding ...

Police are looking for the driver of a black Ford F150 who struck a 60-year-old pedestrian, leaving him in critical condition while he fled the scene Tuesday. The ...

LAFD extinguished a fire at 7124 N Wilbur Ave, facing challenges with the building's structure and a deceased pet was found.

By Matt Stiles, Sean O'Key, Byron Manley, Lou Robinson, Curt Merrill, Annette Choi, Rachel Wilson, Henrik Pettersson, Amy ...