Instead of loosening permits, perhaps they should be tightened. Here are a few questions authorities ought to consider: ...

Fire engine manufacturing is now largely controlled by three companies. Around the country, prices have soared, and orders ...

Over the three-day storm, L.A. County's burn areas are expected to receive several inches of rain. How fast the rain falls can add to the risk.

As a principal engineer for the county’s Public Works Department, Klippel’s job is to try to stop catastrophic flows of mud, ...

Southern California has a history of such catastrophic events. The most recent devastation was in 2018, when a debris flow in ...

The risk of catastrophic wildfires is increasing. Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation and wind patterns, and ...

Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park was destroyed by a fire in 2017—but mostly recovered. It could be a model for Altadena and Pacific ...

Three months after the Mountain Fire, some property owners get OK to seek permits to rebuild after crews clear fire debris.

Random thoughts from a CalFire tour through the forbidden zone On Saturday, Jan. 25, I took a three-hour tour with Brent ...

SCE concedes in the filing that a conductor failure occurred near the origin of the fire, causing damaged equipment to fall ...