Prosecutors allege the reputed Mexican Mafia member oversaw an alliance with the Sinaloa cartel, offering protection to its incarcerated former leader, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. In 1989 ...

Read more: LA fires: Why fast-moving wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain Nights are warming faster than days globally, and dusk has brought ...

I’ve walked the streets of LA, its history as vivid as its fires. Now, the city burns, and its dreams smoulder in the ash Joan Didion, that most perceptive observer of Los Angeles life ...

However, it is expected to be weaker and shorter than usual. La Niña is the cold phase of a natural climate pattern called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle, which is a pattern of ...

A period of heavy rainfall in 2024 linked to El Niño is thought to have led to conditions with a high risk of fire this winter. Watch live Follow BBC News' coverage of the LA fires on our live page.

From more vegetation to flying embers, the BBC Earth team look at why the fires in LA have been so intense and why they've grown so rapidly. The flames spread with terrifying speed. As residents ...