Ian James

As Los Angeles reels from the astonishing losses of last week's firestorms, one question holds profound economic, financial and political consequences: What sparked the fires?

The Los Angeles City Council member representing the Westside, including much of the area decimated by the Palisades fire, called on the city's

The NWS has reissued a ‘particularly dangerous situation' warning for swaths of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, cautioning of high wind gusts, dry air and a higher risk of rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior.

The California fires erupted amid extremely dry conditions. UCLA scientists say extreme heat linked to climate change was a factor in the fires' intensity.

When fire hydrants ran dry, the L.A. Department of Water and Power struggled to get water where needed. The utility's operations chief explains the decisions as the fire spread.

Seventeen miles east in downtown L.A., dozens of officials huddled around computers over a long conference room table in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's emergency operations center.

LOS ANGELES — As wildfire tore through the canyons of Pacific Palisades, firefighters waged a desperate battle to save homes and lives.

As the Eaton fire spread, many areas were notified of evacuation warnings and orders well in advance. In the heart of Altadena, where all 17 reported deaths occurred, evacuation orders came hours after fire did.

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LOS ANGELES — All of the 17 deaths confirmed so far in the Eaton fire occurred in areas of western Altadena that received emergency evacuation orders many hours after the fire started.