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

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

A lawsuit filed Monday claims Southern California Edison equipment sparked the Eaton Fire. The lawsuit alleges that Southern ...

Many municipalities are already considering approaching voters with a wide range of new taxes and borrowing measures they ...

By Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, ...

The change will allow the Los Angeles Police Department to increase its service citywide while also keeping the Palisades ...

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

From 40 school districts in Sonoma County to 88 cities in Los Angeles County, California likes local control — even if they ...

The Probation Department’s failure to properly supervise probationers was blamed, in part, for the deaths of two El Monte police officers in 2022.

In fabled cross-country walk from Ohio, Lummis traversed the desert, Cucamonga and Pomona into L.A. 140 years ago this week.

Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...

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.