As we have seen with world-famous sites such as the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Windsor Castle and many others — outside of war — fire is one of the most destructive foes of built heritage. Closer to ...

Despite dangerous wind conditions, fire crews made quick work of a brush fire near the Griffith Observatory. The extreme winds are posing another serious threat of wildfires across Southern California ...

New York Times reporters have been writing personal portraits about the fires in the California Today newsletter. Here is a collection of their dispatches on what the disaster means to them, and to ...

The freeways were traffic-free, and so were hotels, where a handful of forlorn locals waited for what would come next.

Several parks around Los Angeles remain closed due to the ongoing wildfires, including Crestwood Hills Park, O’Melveny Park, ...

On perfect weekend afternoons, I have walked my dog among the crowds at Runyon Canyon Park, a piece of rolling scrub nestled ...

The LA wildfires risk spreading as extreme winds pick up speed. More than 92,000 people are under evacuation orders, ...

The winds aren’t expected to be as extreme as they were a week ago, but will still be extremely dangerous. According to ...

We’d all assumed the Big One would be an earthquake,” writes Joy Press—“never imagined that Mother Nature might have a different apocalypse scripted for this city.” ...

East Moline native Richard Core evacuated as wildfires neared his L.A. home. Despite devastation nearby, he remains committed ...