Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton wildfires continue to burn out of ...

– Two national reviews – one by a blue-ribbon commission and the other by the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council – investigated the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and ...

While the end to the fire danger is not yet in sight, experts say the hazards that will remain in its wake will be severe.

When the air is warm and dry, transpiration and evaporation also suck water out of the plants and soil. That leaves dry ...

After that, a stretch of intense, record-breaking heat dried out much of that vegetation and provided ample fuel for large ...

T here are a lot of variables at play in the catastrophic wildfires currently clawing through southern California: dry vegetation, lack of rain, dense housing development, errant ...

A climate scientist discusses how to think about and weigh the variables that led to the current disaster.

The result raises the question of whether the fires could have been easier to control were it not for the fire-fueling ...

A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center for Angelenos impacted by the fires has also been set up at the UCLA Research Park (formerly ...

Ah, but — and you should remember this for “Jeopardy!” — the Golden State’s first documented gold strike happened here, in ...

The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A ...