The Auto Fire has burned nearly 61 acres in Ventura, California, a coastal city about 68 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, according to the county fire department. The blaze has was first ...

Now, this area is the subject of an investigation as a potential starting point for the Palisades fire, which burned thousands of structures last week. The general area was the site of a small ...

LET’S CONTINUE OUR WILDFIRE COVERAGE. IT’S BEEN A WEEK NOW SINCE MAJOR FIRES SPARKED ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND SINCE THEN, THE PALISADES FIRE AND THE EATON FIRE HAVE BURNED A COMBINED ...

But their mission was essential: to look for traces of smoke and embers left behind by the Palisades fire, which had already burned through the area where they were searching but was still less ...

Severe wildfires raged across a huge swath of the Los Angeles area in early January, sparked by high winds and prime fire conditions. The blazes — including the Pacific Palisades, Eaton ...

Look out for “hydroclimate whiplash” coming to a media website near you. That’s the term the climate left is suddenly using to explain the Los Angeles wildfires, or to put it more baldly, to ...

Here’s what they mean. Fire watches and warnings are issued by the 122 local National Weather Service forecast offices across the United States. Forecast offices maintain criteria specific to ...

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Methane-producing gas seeps exhibit chemical differences from fugitive gas leaks, including altered molecular ratios and 13 C enrichment of propane and carbon dioxide, according to analysis of ...

It’s important to keep a fire extinguisher at home in case a fire breaks out. But do you know the right way to use one? We show how PASS is the best method to stop a fire in its tracks. It’s important ...

LAPD officers keep the public and media out of the Skull Rock Trailhead in an area that is under investigation as a potential starting point for the Palisades fire. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles ...