A veteran California Highway Patrol lieutenant commander who last year was awarded more than $2 million in her discrimination suit against the department has been additionally granted almost $1.3 ...

Chief As dawn broke on Jan. 7 throughout the west coast, an eruption of flames and smoke overwhelmed Los Angeles County, ...

As the cleanup phase of recovery begins after the devastating fires in L.A. County, displaced residents grapple with new ...

Alyce McFadden, a reporting fellow on The Times’s Metro desk, writes about what covering a disaster for the first time brought home to her.

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

Mandatory evacuations were issued Wednesday in the Castaic area due to the fast-spreading Hughes Fire. CAL FIRE's map shows the evacuation zones.

CASTAIC, Calif. -- Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters with air support slowed the spread of a huge wildfire churning through rugged mountains north of Los ...

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Footage from Fresno County CAL FIRE shows crews on the frontlines of the Hughes Fire, burning near Castaic. A total of two strike teams, including ten engines and two ...

The park is protected by the Santa Clara River ... By 1:30 p.m., there was a gust near Castaic to 39 mph. Magic Mountain Truck Trail, a nearby spot that’s usually among the windiest in L.A ...

The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County began Wednesday morning and now covers more than 10,000 acres or 15 square miles. It was 24% contained at 2 p.m. local time ...

A fast-moving wildfire exploded to roughly 10,200 acres near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic Wednesday morning, prompting mandatory evacuation orders and road closures, authorities said.