California Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more ...
Taking preemptive steps to protect your home and plan your exit can reduce danger and help firefighters do their jobs, first ...
There’s a ritual I perform alongside many Californians every morning. It doesn’t involve my usual round of meditation but instead an anxious scroll through the fire maps and weather forecasts. We ...
As many residents throughout the state begin recovering from the devastating impacts of recent wildfires, others are ...
With city and state officials moving to ensure speedy approvals for projects to rebuild areas devastated by the wildfires in Los Angeles, California’s lawmakers are being urged to expedite rules for ...
Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...
Wood fences: A wooden fence within five feet of the home is considered a pathway for fire to travel down. Vinyl is better as ...
The blazes that began on Jan. 7 charred thousands of buildings, cars and electronics across the Los Angeles area, creating ...
By Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, ...
When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first undeniable proof of Pyongyang’s direct involvement in the war against ...
LA fires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.