Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the ...

In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...

There were too many houses to protect, and not enough engines,” one fire captain in Los Angeles said. Though fire officials ...

Chief Kristin Crowley said during an interview Friday that the city failed the department amid the ongoing wildfires in ...

Kristin Crowley, in multiple interviews, drew a connection between budget cuts to her department and the city’s struggle to ...

For five consecutive days, wildfires fanned by strong winds have ravaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles, destroying more than ...

Even in the best of circumstances, a crisis like this would be a vector for bad information. The close Trump ally is only ...

Employee raises and other expenses are expanding the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget. At the same time, the agency has ...

Life in Los Angeles: The fires erupted quickly, in a way residents knew was possible but many were unprepared for. Families ...

A new fire — the Kenneth Fire — erupted Thursday afternoon, so far spreading across 1,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura ...

Newsweek reached out for comment to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via email on Friday. This week's fires in ...