Initial location: Los Angeles County, Calif. Hughes Postfire Baer initially started 5:59 a.m. Feb. 1 in Los Angeles County.

Contractors test soil samples for contaminants like lead or mercury and remove tainted soil. If a section still tests high, ...

Initial location: Los Angeles County, Calif. Hughes Postfire Baer initially started today at 5:59 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The burned area emergency response has been active for seven hours. A crew ...

Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready?

The Probation Department’s failure to properly supervise probationers was blamed, in part, for the deaths of two El Monte ...

Beyoncé tops the list of nominees this year with 11, with Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, Chappell ...

A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles; driver hospitalized in fair condition.

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.

Those include higher rates of employment in industries requiring a physical presence, higher exposure to air pollution and ...

Beyoncé leads the Grammy nods with 11, bringing her career total to 99 nominations. That makes her the most nominated artist ...

The blazes that began on Jan. 7 charred thousands of buildings, cars and electronics across the Los Angeles area, creating ...