Contractors test soil samples for contaminants like lead or mercury and remove tainted soil. If a section still tests high, ...

It could take weeks or months for the public to know what caused the fire that last month charred 6,600 acres in the Otay ...

The 100-year-old woman who California deputies rescued from a nursing home during the Los Angeles fires is speaking out.

When fire victims return to find nothing but charred wreckage, many assume their irreplaceable belongings perished. Jeff Levy ...

Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...

And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...

In response to the growing number of disasters facing communities across the country, the National Association of Realtors created and began funding in 2001 the Realtors Relief Foundation. The ...

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.

Blocking aid to another state in need is a relatively new ugly streak in American politics. Aid for California shouldn't be a ...

As the rampaging wildland fires hit modern communities, the interior of stick-constructed homes, chock-full of synthetic ...

Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready?

That's enough to kick the plan's strained finances further into crisis mode, increasing the chances that homeowners statewide ...