The California insurance crisis laid bare by the Los Angeles fires was fueled by "regulatory failure," economist Nancy ...

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While new blazes fanned by whipping Santa Ana winds have sparked across Southern California this week, firefighters have continued to make significant progress on some of the state’s most ...

While new blazes fanned by whipping Santa Ana winds have sparked across Southern California this week, firefighters have continued to make significant progress on some of the state’s most destructive ...

Faced with more drought and increasingly frequent wildfires, Southern Californians have been encouraged, for years, to rip out water-guzzling lawns. They have also been urged to forgo nonnative, ...

An Oakland nonprofit is ready to deliver donated pet supplies. They also plan to dig in and start cleaning up debris from the firestorm when it's safe to do so. Volunteers from Oakland's Urban ...

Fire officials are urging residents to make a disaster action plan. As thousands of firefighters battled a series of raging wildfires across Los Angeles County, California officials warned the ...

The Indian National Congress (INC) through its general secretary K.C. Venugopal moved the Supreme Court to intervene in a pending challenge to the Places of Worship Act of 1991, quoting that ...