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Evacuated residents are waiting in their cars for hours to get permission to return to Los Angeles neighborhoods devastated ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he has put pressure on the EPA in speeding up the hazardous waste removal process ...

What authorities described as one of the largest lithium-ion battery cleanups ever is underway in Los Angeles County ...

When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...

From practical items like clothing to sentimental keepsakes like journals, these are the belongings residents grabbed in the ...

Although pieces of the analysis include degrees of uncertainty, researchers said trends show climate change increased the ...

The Palisades and Eaton fires have destroyed thousands of homes across LA County. A new report says in the days since the ...

Four cities in Southern California are opposing an EPA processing site for "hazardous" waste from Los Angeles County's ...

Though many Los Angeles-area parks and museums closed because of air quality or other concerns, several have reopened, ...

The Southern California wildfires have left entire neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades and Altadena reduced to ashes, but the ...

Southern California Edison on Monday reported a fault on a power line connected miles away from ones located near the origin ...