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

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities

After a weekend of reprieve allowing fire teams to continue making progress battling the deadly infernos burning in Los Angeles County, Southern California now faces another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, scorching more than 60 square miles and displacing tens of thousands of people.

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

TOP-U002 Per the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: ALL EVACUATION ORDER and WARNING AREAS for the Palisades Fire are under CURFEW ORDER from 6PM till 6AM. To identify your evacuation zone ...

Making matters worse, nearly all of Southern California is in severe ... according to a Sunday release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. But many residents will have to wait ...

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 21,595.8 acres after being active for four days. A crew of 3,712 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 8% of the fire by Saturday 1 a.m. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

Winds have picked up and are expected to continue through Tuesday morning, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking

All 17 people who died in the Eaton fire lived in an area where evacuation orders came hours later than others, even as homes nearby were already burning. Some people never received warnings at all.

Los Angeles authorities have arrested a man after a brush fire broke out in the Griffith Park neighborhood on Monday afternoon, according to the LAPD.