“This recognition is not only about honoring the bravery of the Los Angeles Fire Department but also about celebrating the vision of a young student whose words reminded us all of the importance of ...

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 ...

Lanes of the connector road between the 405 and 101 Freeways were closed in Sherman Oaks on Monday after a truck carrying ...

Property insurers want to bar trees and shrubs next to many buildings. The Los Angeles Fire Department says that's unreasonable.

With sandbags at the ready and evacuation warnings in place, Southern California is bracing for potential damage from an atmospheric river storm expected to arrive Thursday evening. However, according ...

The Santa Ana winds blew, gale-force, all over Southern California that terrible night of Jan. 7. If fires were to start, they were going to cause havoc, and no amount of human firefighting effort was ...

MAP: LA burn scar areas under evacuation warnings due to storm Evacuation warnings have been issued for burn scar areas in the Los Angeles area ahead of what's likely to be the biggest storm of the ...

Authorities seized a substantial amount of narcotics and firearms during a large-scale drug bust in Southern California. The ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom has pre-deployed firefighting resources to Southern California ahead of potential fire weather in the region. The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning and heat ...

The utility whose equipment has been linked to the devastating Eaton fire in January is offering to pay fire survivors. But if they accept, they would be giving up their right to sue. By Jill Cowan ...

The first Santa Ana wind event of the season is expected to raise temperatures across Southern California, increasing the fire danger on Tuesday. “We have big changes,” KTLA Meteorologist Henry ...