The Probation Department’s failure to properly supervise probationers was blamed, in part, for the deaths of two El Monte police officers in 2022.

Contractors test soil samples for contaminants like lead or mercury and remove tainted soil. If a section still tests high, ...

Those include higher rates of employment in industries requiring a physical presence, higher exposure to air pollution and ...

When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.

Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready?

As crews work to clean up from the Los Angeles wildfires, city officials and residents are opposing the designation of a ...

Estimates of the total economic loss are more than $250 billion, which would make the fires one of the costliest natural ...

Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. PST Los Angeles County public health officials issue closures of several miles of beach near the Palisades ...

The 2 wildfires killed 29 people, destroyed upwards of 16,000 structures and burned more than 37,000 acres, officials say.

The releases, as ordered, have sent water toward low-lying land in the Central Valley, and none of it will reach Southern California, water experts said.

Killeen firefighters Jason Wuest, Marcus Stillwell and Chris Poston, along with Morgan’s Point firefighter, Katherine Myers made it home safe and sound after being a part of the national response in ...

With thousands of lives at risk, a mobile command post tasked with issuing evacuation orders struggled to keep pace with the ...