Wind gusts were forecast to top 50 mph in some areas. In Pico Rivera, a tornado with wind speeds reaching 85 mph traveled ...

One person was killed and a firefighter was seriously injured in a Los Angeles house fire on Saturday evening. The L.A. City Fire Department said crews responded to reports of a structure fire in ...

The City of Sierra Madre issued evacuation orders and warnings Wednesday for several areas in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains as a storm system is expected to move in.

Two wildfire experts argue that the L.A. destruction didn't have to be as bad as it was. The question isn't whether we can live with fire but how we can live with it, they say.

I’m just getting tired of the rat race here. The rats are winning, so I want to get out,'' said ex-"Simpsons" producer Rick ...

In addition to issuing a directive that included the “like-for-like” provision, Bass last week also launched the city’s new ... an urban fire expert and Los Angeles native, echoed these ...

The LAFD Administration issued the following statement after the cancellation: "The Los Angeles City Fire Department worked ... longer than eight minutes for structure fires and EMS calls.

In 2011, the city had 10,838 acres considered ... as “fuel” that can contribute to rapid fire spread, as happened in the catastrophic Los Angeles fires. “We’ve got ADUs.

"The astonishing thing is not that Los Angeles burns ... to the principal structure ignition mechanism: burning embers. Many agencies, certainly federal agencies, assume that fire intensity ...