Climate change has brought both fiercer rains and deeper droughts, leaving the city with brush like kindling—and the ...
A Fire Department captain, along with his brother and son, are being hailed as heroes for saving an entire block of homes in ...
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 ...
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted last week and roared across the Los Angeles area.
They were published last Friday in the annual report of Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the EU’s main climate ...
Somini Sengupta, a Times climate reporter, on her relationship with the city, its mythology, and a reckoning with disaster.