Los Angeles officials on Tuesday abruptly stopped a longstanding policy allowing employees to communicate using Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours.

Google Cloud-focused solution provider SADA has confirmed to CRN that it conducted layoffs “across various departments in North America” as “part of our ongoing efforts to align resources with our strategic priorities.”

Local hotels and city officials are working with Airbnb.org and Google to offer displaced evacuees free or discounted accommodations.

After wildfires swept through Los Angeles, California, on January 7, 2025, an old clip from 2017 recirculated online in various languages with a false claim that it shows a man rescuing a rabbit from the recent blazes.

Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily more accurate.

The Los Angeles wildfires recently showed people around the world that celebrity or not, no one is safe from fire.

Google and YouTube have pledged to donate $15 million to ongoing Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts, the latest company to donate

This image is not associated with the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. It shows a house that survived an earlier wildfire in Hawaii.

Here’s what some areas of Los Angeles looked like before the catastrophic blazes — and what they look like like now.

Victor Shaw, 66, found on roadside the morning after refusing to evacuate in order to stay and fight blaze threatening family’s residence in Altadena

In a post on X, YouTube announced, "YouTube and Google are contributing $15 million to organizations via Google.org to provide immediate relief in LA in support of our creator community. Recipients include Emergency Network LA, Red Cross, Center for Disaster Philanthropy, and the Institute for Nonprofit News, with more to come. http://yt.be/LA"

A years-old video showing a fire along Interstate 405 in Los Angeles was shared online with the false suggestion that it shows California wildfires in January 2025.