While it may be impossible ever to know for sure, several variables could be at play for those homes that survive, experts say: a smart, fire-resilient design; an owners’ preparation, like clearing away flammable vegetation;

Sitting in the hotel room where his family sheltered from the Eaton Fire, Eric Martin was certain his Altadena, California, house – the place he’d once believed his 1- and 3-year-old sons ...

For 18 years, Nancy Spiller savored “the magic of living in the canyon” high up in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of L.A., where the sun each morning would cast the craggy brush-covered mountains outside her window in a spectacular orange glow. Ms. Spiller, 71, watched the fog march in from the Pacific Ocean during her daily trail runs.

At least 11 people were reported dead in fires raging across Los Angeles. Five lived near each other in a ravaged Altadena neighborhood.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area have killed at least 10 people and burned more than 10,000 homes and other structures, officials said as they urged more people to heed evacuation orders after a new blaze ignited and quickly grew.

California officials said that at least 11 people have died, though the actual death toll remains unknown. Here's what we know so far about the victims.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern California.

Coverage of the fires ravaging Altadena ... want to live,” Martin said. “I’ve never found anywhere better.” Fire agencies are investigating whether downed Southern California Edison ...

The singer's former romantic partner Jwan Yosef also shared footage of the fire, showing the smoke covering the city. Multiple residents have lost their homes amid the ongoing situation, including Paris Hilton, John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Eugene Levy, Milles Teller, Diane Warren, Anthony Hopkins, Mandy Moore, Adam Brody, and Leighton Meester.

The vice president surprised attendees at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, which was hosted by the Rev. Al

A longtime detective in the L.A. County sheriff’s anti-gang unit has admitted to extortion and other abuses of power while working for a crypto mogul, court filings show.

There was no official alert about the wildfire barreling toward the mountainous community of Altadena, California, Erion Taylor remembers. Instead, she got a text from her neighborhood group chat ...