Arson arrests in the wake of the LA Fires have put a spotlight on the question of why people deliberately set fires. It turns ...

Marianne Faithfull, British singer and Rolling Stones muse, dies at 78 No one cares if you roll in on time anymore, but here are the behaviors coworkers do mind Former Black Hawk helicopter pilot ...

A stolen vehicle pursuit that originated in Bakersfield ended near Castaic Thursday afternoon. Bakersfield police tell ...

An advisory about fine particle air pollution from the highest-ranking physician in the United States would be a powerful ...

As the cleanup phase of recovery begins after the devastating fires in L.A. County, displaced residents grapple with new ...

Alyce McFadden, a reporting fellow on The Times’s Metro desk, writes about what covering a disaster for the first time brought home to her.

At least 29 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across ...

The Huges Fire was first reported in the Castaic area on Wednesday, Jan. 22 along Lake Hughes Road near Castaic Lake. Within an hour, the fire exploded from 50 to 500 acres. Officials quickly issued ...

They didn't succeed in extinguishing the fires because the fire department was handed over to women; they are only busy with ...

Mark Walter Family Foundation and Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation have provided an initial commitment of $100 million.

Round Rock firefighters are back in Texas after traveling to California to help battle wildfires devastating the state.

A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and ...