Elderly couple dies in Santa Monica home fire
Santa Monica Fire Department is investigating an early Sunday morning blaze that claimed the lives of an elderly…
I-5 lanes closed as burning truck sparks brush fire
A semitruck caught fire on Interstate 5 north of Castaic on Monday and sparked a blaze in the…
San Francisco church fire leads to shelter-in-place order
A large fire at a San Francisco church on Monday led to a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents…
L.A. fire update: How Long will the Boyle Heights smoke last?
Firefighters battled a stubborn cold-storage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights for a fifth day Sunday as residents’ concerns…
West Altadena rescue came nearly 4 hours before evacuations ordered, 911 records show
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies evacuated a resident in west Altadena just after 11:30 p.m. the night the…
5 injuries reported as Bain and Verona fires burn in Riverside County
A brush fire ignited in the Jurupa Valley on Tuesday, prompting evacuation orders and injuring four people as…
Fire crews urge safety precautions for swimmers in American and Sacramento rivers
WHEN I SEE IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. HEATHER. THANKS. WELL TEMPERATURES WARMING UP. MORE PEOPLE ARE…
Are there mini volcanoes along California’s Coast? The Times investigates
On Thursday afternoon, fire crews in Santa Barbara rushed to a hillside where flames and smoke seemed to…
Plane crashes upside down in SoCal auto store parking lot, pilot hospitalized
A pilot was hospitalized Monday after crashing his small plane in the parking lot of an auto store…
South El Monte residents ordered to shelter in place as warehouse buildings burn
Residents in South El Monte were ordered to shelter in place Wednesday afternoon as more than 100 firefighters…
Woman pulled from Santa Ana River ID’d as a mother of two
A woman whose body was pulled from the Santa Ana River in Orange County on New Year’s Day…
Lawsuit says L.A. City ignored fire safety as it permitted development
The City of Los Angeles repeatedly ignored state wildfire safety regulations as it permitted new development in areas…