Civic leaders in the region believe that side efforts are necessary to rebuild after the wildfires. They just can’t settle on ...

A Times climate reporter reflects on a city, its mythology and a reckoning with disaster. Letter to Los AngeleS A Times climate ... you notice the oil wells, those nodding donkeys pumping grease ...

That’s essentially because we bring fire with us. That includes cigarettes, charcoal briquettes, and even more, cars backfiring. Cars are the engine of mobility but also a dangerous thing in terms of ...

They have destroyed entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles ... City building codes tend to be uniform, even over areas that face different risk levels; they typically aim for a baseline level of ...

The Pacific Palisades had a “flavor,” as broker Anthony Marguleas remembers it. The residential neighborhood on the Westside ...

Premium Los Angeles wildfire LIVE ... More than 1,000 buildings have burned in multiple wildfires that have erupted around America's second biggest city, forcing tens of thousands of people ...

The city is close to adopting a new building code that will make it ... the third or fourth quarters and we think that bodes well for Los Angeles.” ...

As houses continue to burn in Los Angeles, officials have already started talking about rebuilding the city ... evacuation routes in an emergency. As well as reducing fuel and introducing ...

A Chase Bank branch on Sunset Boulevard burning on January 8. Image © CAL FIRE_Official via Wikipedia under Public Domain License It has been nearly three weeks ...

Los Angeles wildfires ... Up to 1500 buildings have burned in fires that have broken out around America’s second-biggest city, forcing more than 100,000 people from their homes.

Mom, are we going to have to run?' Here's how the first 24 hours of our unprecedented conflagration unfolded across L.A.