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Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting a small fire on New Year's Day that eventually exploded in a historic Santa Ana windstorm to become the deadly Palisades Fire.

Authorities have arrested a man acccused of sparking the Palisades Fire that devastated parts of Los Angeles at the start of the year, leaving at least a dozen people dead and thousands without homes.

A 29-year-old Florida man was arrested ten months after starting the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history. A 29-year-old suspect has been arrested 10 months after the Pacific Palisades fire ...

The calls came after a Los Angeles Times report said a LAFD battalion chief disregarded crews' concerns that the fire, which later became the Palisades Fire, was still smoldering.

A commercial fire broke out in downtown Los Angeles Saturday but was quickly knocked down by firefighters. The exterior fire was reported shortly before 12:30 p.m. Saturday in a one-story row of ...

Police are probing the latest cliff death in Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles after an unidentified man was discovered ...

A 29-year-old man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges ...

Two young girls were taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon following a fire at their home in Vermont Knolls, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire was first reported around 5:10 p.m ...