What next for Los Angeles? Angelenos can’t catch a break. Dangerous winds are expected to bear down on Southern California, putting homes and businesses from Ventura to San Diego County on high alert even as wildfires still rage around Los Angeles. The cost of rebuilding once the fires are finally …
Flames and smoke from the Palisades Fire surround a home (C) in the community of Topanga, California, on January 9, 2025. David Swanson | Afp | Getty Images After a weekend spent blocking the explosive growth of fires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in …
Firefighters work to put out flames in the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 11, 2025, as the Palisades Fire continues to burn. Agustin Paullier | Afp | Getty Images Firefighters scrambled Sunday to make further progress against wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed …
It kills more people each year than car crashes, war or drugs do. This invisible killer is the air pollution from sources like cars and trucks or factory smokestacks. But as wildfires intensify and grow more frequent in a warming world, the smoke from these fires is emerging as a …
In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, homes burned from the Palisade fire smolder near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 9, 2025. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images Firefighters hoped for a break Friday from fierce winds that have fueled massive blazes in …
Who pays? The ferocious wildfires that have burned throughout the Los Angeles area continued to rage overnight, consuming an area twice the size of Manhattan. Forecasters expected “critical red flag” conditions to continue on Friday before the hurricane-force winds that have fueled the blazes subside in the afternoon. The devastation …
To live in Los Angeles is to be regularly reminded that much of what surrounds its residents is fleeting. That pertains, most essentially, to human life and the natural world, as the deadly fires reminded us this week. But also to both the vital everyday structures and the cultural monuments …
LA public works director: Significant damage to infrastructure, city to deliver water to residents Power lines hang on broken power poles, in the middle of a street, caused by the Palisades Fire, on January 8, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles, California. Jay L. Clendenin | Getty …
A devastating toll More of the Los Angeles area is ablaze on Thursday, after a new wildfire in the Hollywood Hills broke out as firefighters sought to contain others, including the 17,200-acre Palisades fire. Critical fire conditions are expected to continue for at least another day. The blazes are already …