Communication failures and questionable decisions led crews to leave the area prematurely; embers from the small Jan. 1 fire later reignited into the giant Palisades fire.

FILE - Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley talks during a news conference at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, in the West Carson area of Los Angeles, Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, ...

Battalion Oil Corp. engages in the acquisition, production, exploration, and development of liquids-rich oil and natural gas assets in the Delaware Basin. The company was founded in 1987 and is ...

The attorneys for the man accused of setting one of California’s most destructive wildfires are arguing he should be released due to a newly released deposition from a firefighter who was at the scene ...

A three-story hillside home in Hollywood Hills West erupted in a major structure fire on Saturday morning, March 7, 2026, drawing a large Los Angeles Fire Department response and rattling nearby ...

Defense attorneys for the man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire said Thursday that new evidence — including conflicting firefighter testimony about whether hot spots were fully ...

The testimony raises questions about why LAFD officials did not address concerns expressed to them about weather conditions and potentially dangerous hot spots that could flare up into another fire.

Firefighter Scott Pike said he felt ‘blown off’ after signaling his observations to other firefighters and a captain on Jan.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters battle the Palisades fire on El Medio Avenue on Jan. 7, 2025. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) A Los Angeles ...

The Select Board on Wednesday night February 25, voted to appoint Jeffrey S. Lewis as the town’s new fire chief. Lewis will be coming from Fairfax County Virginia, where he has served as the Fire ...

Firefighters quickly stopped a structure fire in Winnetka on Thursday, after flames broke out at 20158 W Cohasset St and drew a full response from nearby Los Angeles Fire Department stations, ...

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles firefighter said in sworn testimony that he sounded the alarm about the inadequate mop-up of the Lachman fire — and was blown off by a captain — days before the embers ...