President Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 27 that allows the federal government to leapfrog local leaders and expedite permits.

Wildfire debates often collapse into a single word: climate. Yet the record from California’s worst recent seasons points to something more immediate and more uncomfortable. The spark that turns a dry hillside into a disaster is overwhelmingly human,

A new wildfire was reported today at 3:58 a.m. at in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.

ACCELERATING REBUILDING IN WILDFIRE-DEVASTATED LOS ANGELES: On Friday, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to cut through bureaucratic red tape and speed up reconstruction in the Pacific Palisades and Eaton Canyon areas one year after devastating wildfires destroyed nearly 40,000 acres of homes and businesses.

Nancy Ward, the head of CalOES, left office on Dec. 30. She had publicly begged FEMA to test for toxic substances after the fires — then, according to an internal memo obtained by the L.A. Times, privately advocated against it.

A new study of more than 200,000 children in southern California found a link between exposure to wildfire smoke in mothers and higher rates of autism in children. The causes of autism are not fully known and likely multifaceted,

The Duke of Sussex’s first appearance of the year spotlights firefighters and wildfire response as California faces increasingly severe fire seasons

A major home developer is rethinking how communities are built in wildfire-prone areas and the future is taking shape in El Dorado County.

Adnan Rajib, an assistant professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has received a $199,993 RAPID grant from the National Science Foundation to study post-wildfire water quality in Los Angeles and help local authorities understand and predict the lingering effects of wildfires on the city’s water supply.