California's 1906 earthquake and fire led to a deadly plague. Los Angeles faces a similar crisis, with housing shortages and ...

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Firefighters are making progress containing the three largest fires burning in Los Angeles County. The Eaton Fire is almost completely contained in the Altadena area northeast of Los Angeles.

If you buy into stereotypes and myths, the climate in Southern California is splendid and the people are laid back. Lies. The ...

Burning embers swirl as hand crews work to contain the wind-driven Hughes fire on Jan. 22 (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) ...

Until Jan. 7, when fires began to destroy thousands of buildings and claim at least 28 lives, my biggest fear about ... As far away as Los Angeles, buildings would collapse, lives would be lost ...

The devastation wrought by the deadly wildfires that ravaged sections of Los Angeles have left an indelible imprint on the region’s landscape and psyche.

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A plan to provide firefighters in Los Angeles and Orange counties almost ... who studies the behavior of mass fires that often follow earthquakes, developed his proposal at the time on behalf ...