If you buy into stereotypes and myths, the climate in Southern California is splendid and the people are laid back. Lies. The conditions are harsh, with crazy winds and parched terrain cooking up one ...

California's Fair Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, may be unable to pay billions in claims arising from the Los ...

In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like ...

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...

“As long as we continue to build houses with wood in places that are expected to burn, the only outcome we can expect is that ...

according to the Great California Shakeout. Experts are 'fairly confident that there could be a pretty large earthquake at some point in the next 30 years,' Angie Lux, project scientist for ...

But while the January fires rank as the most destructive in Los Angeles history, they have not been as damaging as others in ...

For the Valley 31 years later, the 1994 Northridge earthquake was a defining moment, testing the resilience of its residents and the strength of its community institutions.

They are among only some of the worst wildfires California has ever seen. The 2018 Camp Fire ranks as the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in California history. Located in the state's ...