When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.

Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. PST Los Angeles County public health officials issue closures of several miles of beach near the Palisades ...

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...

From their vantage point at San Diego Fire Station 16 atop Mount Soledad in La Jolla, fire Capt. Paul Shuttleworth and ...

Deadly wildfires around Los Angeles in January reduced thousands of acres to ash but a picture of a burnt cat that spread ...

County firefighters poured into Pacific Palisades to assist the city. But it’s unclear how many were near Altadena when the ...

In addition to helping Altadena residents evacuate, deputies also grabbed weapons and equipment from their station.

The EPA set up a waste collection site in Lario Park in Azusa, saying it was under orders to act quickly from President Trump ...

At least 29 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across ...

An economist's harrowing escape from fire and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

For a time, California's insurance system was maybe workable. Big, destructive fires used to be rarer, so the insurance ...