Climate change has brought both fiercer rains and deeper droughts, leaving the city with brush like kindling—and the ...

David Helvarg Fire has always played a crucial role in Southern California’s ecosystem, which features dry conditions and strong, hot desert winds called the Santa Anas, which blow from the east each ...

Firefighters battle the Palisades fire on El Medio Ave. in Pacific Palisades, on Jan. 7, 2025. (Brian van der Brug/Los ...

Polling shows many Americans blame climate change for the disaster.

How dry is it in Southern California? See the drought levels and recent rainfall totals for several counties in the region.

A grant program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aims to help the resilience of coastal cities and towns.

The fires raging in Southern California have released far more carbon dioxide than all of the state’s climate policies have ...

On Wednesday at 6:04 a.m. an air quality alert was issued valid until 7 p.m. The alert is for Eastern San Fernando Valley, ...

For some local perspective, here’s how the fires in Los Angeles compare to the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history, ...

As the narrative of the Southern California wildfires has shifted to identifying the causes behind what could prove to be the ...

The wildfires scorching the region around Los Angeles are likely to be the most expensive in history. But future climate ...