Before the wildfire that destroyed thousands of homes, Altadena was already debating a tense question: should new housing be ...

But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires. In fact, ...

destroying more than 9,400 homes and buildings, the community had already been debating a fateful question: are there places too risky for new housing to be built? Like so many communities ...