How will Trump and the new Congress react when LA County Board of Supervisors asks them for federal dollars for fire victims?

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a series of emergency measures this week aimed at protecting displaced residents and securing fire-ravaged areas ahead of predicted storms. The multi-pronged approach includes new rental protections,

County supervisors in California are rarely singled out for criticism, as the LA fires show. That will soon change in Los Angeles County.

The degree of mismanagement is epic. It’s incompetence married with poisonous ideology, said Villanueva, who was sheriff between 2018 and 2022.

The investigation is critical for not only understanding what happened, but for ensuring it never happens again, said an attorney for 300 Altadena residents.

One of the two major fires that devastated this region — the Eaton fire — is not even in the city of Los Angeles; it is in an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County. The response to the Eaton fire was led by the county fire department; the city fire department was at the forefront in fighting the Palisades fire.

Some residents across Los Angeles County woke up Friday to a wireless emergency evacuation alert, but county officials confirmed it was another "erroneous" message.

It’s been more than a week since two of the most destructive wildfires in California history broke out within hours of each other in Los Angeles. Both blazes remain active and uncontained, and Angelenos again held their breath while firefighters worked to prevent the flames from spreading or expanding amidst dangerously dry and windy conditions.

Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County authorities have invited President-elect Donald J. Trump to tour the devastation, but he has not publicly responded.

Amid a fifth consecutive day of fires in her county, Barger posted a two-page letter addressed to Trump in his capacity as president-elect.

The governor of California, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the mayor of Los Angeles all had one job, and they couldn’t get their priorities in order. Newsom focused on “Trump ...

Some of the elderly residents who perished in the Eaton Fire had mobility or health issues, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said.