When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.

STORY: :: A forest fire pilot describes the harrowing experience of flying over the Pacific Palisades fire :: CalFire "It was like a warzone on the ground with the amount of destruction." :: Los ...

Los Angeles, California :: Timothy Thomas, CalFire Forestry Fire Pilot :: January 16, 2025 "It was sobering to be in the air and see the destruction from there. How many homes were burning // so ...

Mark Pestrella, director of Los Angeles County ... mainly along the foothills and slopes of the Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains. A CalFire map showing the Palisades and Eaton fire ...

The photos, by SCNG staff photographer Jeff Gritchen, were shot with Federal Aviation Administration authorization and the cooperation of CalFire. Drones were allowed into the area, but only with ...

The Palisades and Eaton fires are among the most destructive in state history. Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County on Thursday, the blazes were already rewriting the ...

Cal Fire had more than 60 aircraft within its firefighting fleet in the effort to combat fires throughout Los Angeles. Cal Fire’s fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft make it the largest ...

OTTAWA—Former central bank governor Mark Carney announced a run for Liberal leader and prime minister Thursday, promising a centrist focus on the economy and distancing himself from Justin Trudeau.

CalFire releases data on past large wildfires ... caused some of California’s largest-ever fires in recent years. The Thomas fire in 2017 was started when high winds forced Southern California ...