Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in advance of the Palisades fire.

Epic events like the Southern California wildfires do not have a singular cause. While we don’t yet know the official causes of the fires, we do know that the weather and climate conditions when they started made for a perfect storm for the rapid spread of the flames.

The highest intensity rain was expected between 4 p.m. on Sunday and 4 p.m. on Monday, according to the service. Los Angeles and Ventura Counties were expected to get up to an inch of total rainfall, and up to three inches was forecast in the mountains around Los Angeles.

Devastating wildfires in southern California are continuing to spread amid dry and windy conditions. At least 24 people are believed to be dead as of Tuesday morning, thousands of structures have been destroyed or damaged and tens of thousands of acres ...

Donald Trump’s approach to natural disasters is to play politics and withhold aid, while President Biden pledged to pay all costs of relocating victims and cleaning-up debris for 180 days,

“LA cannot go forward with the status quo. LA is no longer what it was. It has to be different,” the ex-wife of former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote Sunday. “It has to prioritize the safety of its citizens, police, fire, schools,” Shriver, 69, tweeted on Sunday. “LA residents deserve better.”

Mexico and Canada have sent firefighters to southern California to help battle the Los Angeles-area wildfires, according to Mexico’s president, Canada’s prime minister, California’s governor ...

Epic events like the Southern California wildfires do not have ... RELATED: What we know about those killed in the LA wildfires So while both the 2011 and 2025 events brought powerful, destructive ...

The destruction in parts of Altadena, a few miles to the west of Sierra Madre, and Pacific Palisades, which had burned in a separate fire on the other side of Los Angeles, made these areas appear bombed out.

Critical fire weather conditions continued for areas of Southern California on Wednesday, continuing weeks of wildfires that have wreaked havoc. Red flag warnings were in effect until Thursday ...

Like other recent wildfires in Southern California, it was fueled by critical fire weather due to relentless winds and low humidity. Red flag warnings in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were ...