Los Angeles Times senior writer Doug Smith scouts Los Angeles for the ragged edges where public policy meets real people, ...

Drawing on lessons from recent blazes, a state commission has released a series of recommendations to protect older adults.

Actress and TV host Ricki Lake lost her home in the fires that ravaged the Los Angeles area in January 2025 and she thought ...

As California again delays controversial rules requiring homeowners in fire-prone areas to maintain a 5-foot “ember-resistant” zone around their houses, a new report finds that properties that were ...

A California policy that’s been delayed amid backlash could force millions of homeowners to rip out flowers, gardens and bushes near their homes to mitigate against the deadly wildfires that tore ...

The Newsom administration has criticized the Trump administration for ignoring science, but the CPUC is doing the same thing.

A new Nevada law allows insurers to stop offering coverage for wildfires. Some say California has already functionally done ...

Heavy rain and flash flooding already led to water rescues and at least one death in Northern California, local officials ...

Prince Harry continued to give back before the holidays, visiting with California firefighters who were previously ...

California’s most expensive electricity source is finally poised to lose a government handout that props up its high costs ...

Forecasters said Southern California could see its wettest Christmas in years and warned about flash flooding and mudslides.