Los Angeles fires: Saltwater used to combat flames comes with immediate benefits but long-term risks
Firefighters have taken the rare but not unusual move of scooping up ocean water to help battle the flames as wildfires rage across Southern California.
Why Los Angeles was unprepared for fire
In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...
How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California
The Santa Ana winds occur when there is high pressure to the east, in the Great Basin, and a low-pressure system off the ...
These Maps Show Just How Dry Southern California Is Right Now
In early January, soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2 percent of historical records.
Los Angeles Fire Myths: Everything We Know About Social Media Rumors
Newsweek reached out for comment to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via email on Friday. This week's fires in ...
Photos: Flames engulf Southern California as crews battle to control deadly fires
At least two people are dead, hundreds of buildings have burned and tens of thousands of Los Angeles-area residents remain ...
LA fire chief says city failed department amid ongoing Southern California wildfires
Chief Kristin Crowley said during an interview Friday that the city failed the department amid the ongoing wildfires in ...
‘It Was Biblical’: Ash and Flame Upend Life in Southern California
Wind-whipped wildfire blew through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe, merging, psychically if not ...
Palisades Fire devastates LA County, jumps in size as winds batter Southern California
Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes as a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades killed at least five people and ...
Southern California wildfires prompt more evacuations overnight; LA County declares health emergency
The expanding wildfires in Southern California have prompted more evacuation orders overnight while the Los Angeles County ...