That’s the message I saw written in the ashes of Los Angeles. And by “we,” I mean every human on this planet, rich or poor, young or old, Black or white or brown. In L.A., an $83 million house with 18 ...

Kevin Baird’s home, located up against Carpinteria’s foothills, was immensely overgrown when Baird and his wife, Donna, ...

It’s safe to say there’s no legislator more familiar with battling fires against the Santa Ana winds than Sen. Kelly Seyarto.

These winds are known as the Santa Ana winds. They occur each year, and every resident of Southern California is familiar ...

Hurricane Helene arrived on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 26, causing catastrophic flooding across the ...

The costs and complexities of age-old natural threats to life and property are snowballing due to the nasty synergy between population overshoot, population growth in dangerous locations and extreme ...

The Inland Empire and Orange County had received less than a half-inch of rain through mid-January, and that total was ...

Cal Fire crews responded to 28 brush fires of 10 or more acres statewide in January — almost one a day — ranging from small ...

Santa Ana winds can occur when the pressure gradient caused by a high-pressure region over the Rockies, in combination with friction, forces air from the mountainous West down the San Gabriel ...

GOP leaders claim overregulation contribute to devastating fires. Democrats point to climate change as a factor.

Current and former firefighters in North County San Diego are raising concerns about the region’s ability to handle a ...