An Irvine, Calif., neighborhood carefully planned to stand up to wildfires was put to the test when all homes there were undamaged by the Silverado fire in 2020. It could now offer a blueprint for ...

"This is America dropping its pants and showing its empire tattoos,” San Diego State professor William Nericcio tells Gustavo ...

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Consider the floods of the geologically distant past, echoing to this day in maps of the “500-year flood zone,” known to real estate agents and few others. Most owners, sellers and buyers of homes and ...

First responder communications show the power company in Altadena was slow to respond to Eaton firefighters — and that live ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.

When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where it’s headed. But have you ever wondered where they get all ...

A: Ensure that the 5-foot zone surrounding their home, which Newsom’s order calls “Zone 0,” is “ember resistant.” Q: What ...

Water utilities in Altadena and Pacific Palisades are undertaking an arduous process of repressurizing their underground pipelines, testing for contaminants and attempting to flush them out.