CalMatters reports on the alarming issue of home development in highly flammable areas in the state of California.

The return of the rain in Los Angeles has triggered Flash Flood Warnings, mudslides and debris flows in burn-scar areas, forcing officials to close roads and schools in the region.

Flash-flood and mudslide risks for the burn areas had mostly diminished early Monday, forecasters say. Here are some rain ...

Five years ago, the world lost baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife Keri, and their daughter Alyssa; NBA legend Kobe ...

Los Angeles County braces for possible mudslides and flooding in areas devastated by the wildfires, with the rain forecast this weekend.

Seven days of historically destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County brought power outages, school closures and partial evacuation orders to the Conejo and Las Virgenes valleys, though the region’s ...

Economic toll from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in U.S. last year and were above average globally.

Given the ever-present wildfire threat posed by Santa Ana winds, several municipalities in the region have equipped ...

A dramatic weather shift will greet the Southland Thursday, as cooler temperatures move into the region, followed by weekend rain, replacing an extended period of gusty winds and critical fire ...

On Thursday at 2:58 a.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued an updated wind advisory. The advisory is for Ventura County ...

Santa Ana winds continued to gust across much of the Southland Thursday, but the were expected to back off as the day wears on, giving way to cooler conditions and even rain that could help efforts to ...

On Wednesday, Jan. 22, the Hughes fire broke out in Castaic amidst the red flag warning, spreading to over 9,000 acres by ...