Drawing on lessons from recent blazes, a state commission has released a series of recommendations to protect older adults.

This autumn brought something that isn’t always common for much of California — a decent amount of rain in October. Rather than heat waves, there have been umbrellas. After years in which some of the ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California fast-tracked over 100 fire risk reduction projects after the Palisades fire. One of the projects is ...

With the first Santa Ana wind event of the season bringing increased fire danger to a warm and dry Southern California this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided to send additional firefighting ...

A fast-moving wildfire broke out in California’s Mono County on Thursday, November 13, quickly burning through more than 3,400 acres of land by that evening. According to Cal Fire, the Pack Fire ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A court ruled a statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the ...

A fire in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains is spreading at a critical rate and forcing evacuations, as an atmospheric river drops rain in much of Northern California. The Pack Fire has burned 3,400 ...

LOS ANGELES — Lawyers representing victims of the Palisades fire are seeking to depose Los Angeles firefighters to shed light on allegations that a California State Parks official restricted how the ...

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