More details about the start of one of Los Angeles County's deadliest and most destructive wildfires on record emerged Wednesday when authorities announced an arrest in the January Palisades Fire.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department has placed an order with Sikorsky for two additional S-70i Firehawk firefighting helicopters. In a year that brutally demonstrated the threat that wildfires pose ...

They are more than 65 feet long, with a wingspan of roughly 93 feet; inside, only a pilot and co-pilot sit. The power and purpose of these planes come from their tanks, which hold 1,600 gallons of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. L.A. County’s emergency response failures during January’s deadly fires mirrored many problems identified after ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

After months of waiting, a report critical of the protocols and organization of Los Angeles County’s emergency preparedness and response apparatus will be presented to the Board of Supervisors at its ...

LOS ANGELES — A longtime Los Angeles Fire Department leader who is currently the head of the agency's Valley operations will become the department's new chief, Mayor Karen Bass confirmed Friday. Jaime ...

Mayor Karen Bass appointed Deputy Chief Jaime Moore to be the new head of the Los Angeles Fire Department on Friday. Moore, who joined the LAFD in 1995, was the commander of operations for the ...

California is currently grappling with a dual environmental crisis, as a fast-moving wildfire rages near the Nevada border while successive storms threaten Los Angeles. At such a critical moment in US ...

The wildfire claimed the lives of 12 people and burned over 23,000 acres in Los Angeles County, fire officials said Bill Essayli, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California/X An ...