Why did water hydrants run dry in the midst of a conflagration? City officials stressed that the shortage was due to low ...

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton wildfires are still burning in ...

A proposal to freeze rents and protect Angelenos affected by wildfires from eviction was sent to committee while other emergency motions passed unanimously.

The biggest challenge remains the hot, dry wind — which picked up early this week, though not as badly as forecasters had feared.

IT’S BEEN A WEEK NOW SINCE MAJOR FIRES SPARKED ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND SINCE THEN, THE PALISADES FIRE AND THE EATON FIRE HAVE BURNED A COMBINED 38,000 ACRES. OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE ...

However, the fire department’s budget has grown since the city’s overall $12.8 billion spending plan was adopted on July 1, ...

Kolhatkar: When we look at the results of the People’s Budget surveys, people were happy to designate a mere 1.64 percent of the entire city’s budget to police, which is quite remarkable. As an ...

Due to lower-than-anticipated growth in tax revenue and overspending due to labor contracts and liability payouts, the Los Angeles City Council Tuesday authorized a budget reduction exercise with a ...

Due to lower-than-anticipated growth in tax revenue and overspending due to labor contracts and liability payouts, the Los ...

Firefighters are facing challenging conditions in their battle against the Los Angeles wildfires, with powerful winds forecast over the next 24 hours that could cause extreme fire behavior in the ...

A beefed-up firefighting force was staged around Los Angeles to attack flare-ups or new blazes and anxious residents prepared for more fire danger as winds began to build Tuesday, a week after two ...