A new rain storm is bearing down on California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the possibility of mudslides and landslides.

But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires. In fact, ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest severity zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.

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

What remains from the fires that broke out Jan. 7 is a charred landscape, filled with skeletal trees and blackened debris.

Before any rebuilding can begin, debris must be cleared. What does that mean, and what are our choices? By Mala Arthur In general, this information only pertai ...

“Most precipitation will fall in the Far West, Southwest, Rockies, and eastern U.S., especially Tennessee and surrounding ...

Loved ones are rallying around a Southern California man who spent decades volunteering with Operation Santa after he lost his home in the Palisades fire. Philip Alderton spent many Christmas holidays ...

Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...

A number of readers have inquired as to the status of garden soil or landscaped ground following a fire.