California Wildfires

Pacific Coast Highway is slated to reopen just in time for the summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Saturday.

Crowdsourced tests from Eaton Fire neighborhoods show elevated lead levels in every home tested so far and residents hope that will support their argument for insurers to cover testing of all properties.

Not a single building permit for an impacted homeowner was finalized in Altadena, a Los Angeles County official said Monday.

A new death in connection with January’s wildfires has been confirmed, raising the death toll to 30, the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner’s office said on Wednesday. With the new death, a total of 18 lives were taken by the Eaton Fire and 12 were taken by the Palisades Fire. The fires devastated the region, displacing thousands...

Rick Caruso says he’s trying to inject ‘urgency’ into city government in order to speed up recovery projects.

A free concert dedicated to first responders and those impacted by the January wildfires is set to take place at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night.

A lawsuit filed by residents who were impacted by January’s Palisades Fire claims to have evidence a second blaze occurred shortly after the initial fire, causing more destruction and devastation to the seaside community.

A group of property owners are facing a $62 million lawsuit for alleged price gouging in the aftermath of January’s wildfires and violating short-term rental laws, Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced Thursday. The City Attorney’s Office filed a civil enforcement action against several individuals and their related companies that allegedly operated a sprawling illegal multimillion-dollar rental property...

More than 50 homes in the Altadena area torched by the Eaton Fire were estimated to have contaminants like lead and asbestos.

In the first update since 2011, the county has seen a 26% increase in acres deemed to be in a very high hazard zone, reports NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer.

California rolled out a new map of fire hazard severity zones for San Diego County on Monday for the first time in more than a decade, showing a 26% increase in acres now in a very high hazard zone.

Increasing temperatures is creating a new concern for those who live in the Eaton Fire area: Mosquitoes finding breeding grounds in dirty pools.

After more than 8,000 wildfires turned over $1 million acres across California in 2024, the state’s wildfire prevention task force Monday issued a list of its top priorities and action plans. The so-called 2025 Key Deliverables by the Governor’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force aim to make homes and properties more fire resilient while reducing factors that could accelerate...

Singer sensation Christina Aguilera has just been added to next month’s “We Love LA” free concert at the Hollywood Bowl dedicated to first responders and those impacted by the wildfires in January, the Los Angeles Philharmonic announced Friday.

A voluntary evacuation warning was issued in the Orange County mountains due to possible flooding and debris flows along or near the Airport Fire burn scar. The evacuation warning will go into effect at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The warning is anticipated to last until 6 p.m. Thursday when the heaviest of the rains are expected to subside. The Airport Fire...

Monica Gillespe helped more than a dozen therapy dogs and their owners travel from across Southern California to the school to comfort students.

In an attempt to rise from the ashes, neighbors who lost their homes in the wildfires joined artists to create a mural using paint made from their city’s cinders.

The Eaton and Palisades fires displaced about 150,000 residents, and many remain in rentals and hotel rooms nearly two months later.

Margot Stueber’s property was the first to be cleaned by the Army Corp of Engineers last month, and she reviewed the plans for her new home on Monday. 

Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley’s appeal of her dismissal by Mayor Karen Bass went before the LA City Council.