No stranger to natural disasters, Pasadena resident Pedro Rojas keeps a safety bag in his car with essentials like a jacket, gloves and running shoes in case he needs to flee at a moment’s notice.
The Los Angeles water chief has been given a police security detail amid "threats" against her and water employees over the response to wildfires.
T housands of personnel—firefighters, first responders, and the National Guard—have turned their attention towards stifling the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires, some of the worst California has ever seen.
Three wildfires continue to burn in the Los Angeles region, according to Cal Fire. The Palisades and Eaton fires have scorched nearly 40,000 acres, destroying thousands of homes and forcing tens of thousands of evacuations. The fires are 31% and 65% contained, respectively, but authorities said earlier this week that the blazes had little growth.
Lawmakers from across California announced new legislative proposals Thursday intended to speed up rebuilding and recovery efforts in Los Angeles County as thousands remain evacuated from their homes.
Despite the recent fires, Los Angeles will host the 2028 Olympics as planned as existing infrastructure remains intact, but debates over funding and potential recovery efforts continue.
LA area could see more power shutoffs amid strong winds More than 90,000 homes and businesses in Southern California were without power Wednesday, including more than 30,000 in Los Angeles County ...
More than a dozen dogs and cats from Southern California are now resting in Sonoma County after rescuers traveled to the region this week.
Awareness of doom in Los Angeles, and yet a need to push disaster away, has created a kind of collective psychosis.
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities
The scale of the effort will be vast — the area scorched by the major fires is equal to three times the size of Manhattan.