Police are asking for the community’s help identifying a person of interest in an arson case where someone set a fire on a ...

An arson suspect with prior arrests in California and Texas was arrested after four separate fires occurred across Santa Monica.

California has not done nearly enough to remove flammable vegetation and prevent devastating wildfires. We know what needs to be done to stop these fires, it is just a question of whether the ...

Crews have rushed to clear out basins designed to catch mud, rocks and other debris from tumbling into neighborhoods as ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning residents to stay cautious near recent burn scars, including torched structures or patches of land.

Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.

Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in ...

Lawmakers want to make impersonating firefighters a felony as convicted arsonist Dustin Nehl, 31, and his wife Jenni, 44, an ...

A coalition of state lawmakers has introduced legislation that would strengthen penalties for looting and impersonating emergency personnel during emergencies. This comes after last month’s ...

The smoke may be temporary, but toxic air pollution is an ever-present danger with effects that linger for generations.