LOS ANGELES - Major disasters have always been a feature of life in Los Angeles; when it's not an earthquake, it's another wildfire. Residents have learned to live in a state of preparedness: anchored ...

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure: a private bathhouse built ...

California's incompetent governance has been on full display as wildfires rage around Los Angeles—and also long before, if we ...

But once the fires finally go out, inequality will almost certainly rise because of the class divides that are already ...

In the Los Angeles wildfires, private firefighters have been hired by insurance companies and wealthy residents to protect homes and businesses. We take a look at who they are and what they do.

Instead of calling city and country fire services, Los Angeles’ rich seemed content to hire private firefighters to save ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:09 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land.

Firefighters on Thursday continued to battle the two largest fires, which have killed 27 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures.

On one side of the street lie the ashes of ruined houses, lost to the huge blazes that defeated Los Angeles firefighters when ...

First discovered: 5:05 p.m. Jan. 16 Initial location: Monterey County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 5:05 p.m.

Protecting private homes during a wildfire for thousands of dollars a day is a tiny sliver of what private firefighters do ...