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Thirty years ago, the historian and critic Mike Davis published ''The Case for Letting Malibu Burn,'' a classic essay that questioned the vast resources spent fighting fires and rebuilding mansions [...]

The findings give new insight into the dangers of urban wildfires that burn plastics and other chemicals in homes and property. At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, [...]

Byline: Aaron C. Davis, Shawn Boburg, Brianna Sacks, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Joyce Sohyun Lee Two years before wildfires incinerated swaths of Los Angeles, the city's fire chief, Kristin M. Crowley, identified [...]

Byline: Sydney Page The Palisades Fire burned Charlotte Tragos's home to the ground. The height chart from when she was a child was marked on the kitchen wall. Family heirlooms [...]

It was already dark when Copter 17 got an urgent call to head to Eaton Canyon. A fire had been reported at 6:18 p.m. Mike Sagely, one of the most [...]

In fire-scarred Altadena, dozens of people are still living in their homes and surviving without electricity or clean tap water. Standing beside a bicycle, Juan Carranza told neighbors how National [...]

After natural disasters, relief organizations are overwhelmed by clothing donations. Aid groups in Southern California say money is more helpful. Relief organizations responding to the wildfires in the Los Angeles [...]

If you are concerned about your exposure to the smoke and ash of wildfires, it's safe to say your dogs and cats may be at risk as well. The good [...]

New York and Vermont recently passed laws like these, which require energy companies to pay climate damages and will likely face fierce challenges. Vermont and New York recently became the [...]

It was Sunday afternoon and the Arco gas station was buzzing. Four lowriders, parked alongside gas pumps, gleamed in the afternoon sun in Altadena. Carne asada sizzled on a grill [...]

Investigators are still working to identify what caused the spate of fires that ignited around Los Angeles last week, but residents are concerned that electrical infrastructure may have sparked at [...]

Less than a month before fires began to ravage my hometown, State Farm sent me a bill. The oracles of risk foresaw an apocalypse in Los Angeles's future. So they [...]

Scenic and charming and tucked into the foothills, Altadena seemed like a secret just outside the reaches of Los Angeles. ''I felt it was like back home -- peaceful and [...]

Byline: Reis Thebault LOS ANGELES - The hills are still ablaze, the smoke still aloft, but all those who have lost everything must nevertheless begin to answer a crucial question: [...]

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story included a graphic that incorrectly said that Santa Ana winds occur from spring to late fall. They occur from fall to spring. The [...]

Byline: Amudalat Ajasa, Ruby Mellen As people in Los Angeles return to their devastated neighborhoods, now marked with burn scars and ruins, toxic hazards will persist long after the fires [...]

Byline: Washington Post staff Winds are expected to intensify in Los Angeles on Tuesday and "critical fire weather conditions will continue," forecasters say, as firefighters battle to contain the deadly [...]

Byline: Jacob Bogage, Toluse Olorunnipa Leading congressional Republicans say they want to place conditions on aid for California's wildfire victims, trying to force the state to fix what one lawmaker [...]

Byline: Herb Scribner, Janay Kingsberry, Jada Yuan Out-of-control wildfires around and within Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and engulfed entire neighborhoods, forcing at least 180,000 people to [...]

Byline: Bobbie Scopa, Opinion contributor There used to be something called 'fire season.' In the 1970s, when I first became a firefighter, a really big fire was 10,000acres. Oh, for [...]

Byline: Freddy Escobar, Opinion contributor As a proud 35-year veteran and current captain with the Los Angeles Fire Department, I've never experienced the devastation that we're seeing in LA, where [...]

Byline: Brianna Sacks, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Imogen Piper, Aaron C. Davis CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly said that the Los Angeles wildfires have destroyed more than 12,000 [...]

Byline: TAMMY WEBBER, DORANY PINEDA; ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES -- People across Los Angeles have worked for years to increase the number of trees that shade the pavement, provide a [...]

Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles has been criticized for being out of the country when the wildfires broke out. Three years ago, she promised in an interview to cut [...]

This weekend was supposed to be an ordinary one in Pacific Palisades. Boy Scout Troop 223 was planning a weekend camp-out at Malibu Creek. The local youth baseball tryouts were [...]

Follow continuing coverage of the wildfires in Southern California. The alert came in blaring, hot-pink, all-caps: Be prepared for a ''LIFE THREATENING & DESTRUCTIVE WINDSTORM!!!'' The notice on Monday was [...]

Extreme weather events -- deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes -- are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say. Follow continuing coverage of the wildfires in Southern California. [...]

It's widely used because it can slow flames in ways that water can't. But it also contains heavy metals and other harmful compounds. From above the raging flames, these planes [...]

On Tuesday, as a series of aggressive wildfires began ripping through Southern California, I found myself having an unlikely reaction: the desire to be there. I mean this not as [...]

Firefighters made some small progress on Friday in their fight to corral deadly wind-driven wildfires that have burned for days across the Los Angeles area, bringing a sliver of hope [...]