In extreme conditions, no amount of brush clearance can guarantee protection. Indeed, too much clearing can in fact leave ...

Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates ...

But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires. In fact, ...

Cal Fire crews responded to 28 brush fires of 10 or more acres statewide in January — almost one a day — ranging from small ...

According to the National Weather Service, more than an inch of rain fell in parts of Los Angeles over a three-day span ... according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The ...

A new atmospheric river is slamming California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the possibility of mudslides and landslides.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning residents to stay cautious near recent burn scars, including torched structures or patches of land.

Areas scarred by the Eaton Fire are at “high to very high risk” of debris flows this week. How do they happen? What is being ...

Barbara Lewis, 84, died at her home on Jan. 15 due to the Eaton Fire, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office. Betty O'Meara, 94, died at her home on Jan. 9 due to the ...

This thing is an absolute unit. Over 11 feet tall. Runs on tracks instead of wheels. Up front? A 16-foot-wide blade that clears 30 feet of brush in two passes. Its turbocharged 14.6-liter six-cylinder ...

There will be a prohibition of wooden fencing, wood furniture, sheds, and brush from being within five feet of homes in ...