The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reducing the reimbursement city and rural fire departments get for responding to wildfires. Fire officials fear it will hamper fire response across the West.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that recovery efforts after the Palisades fire in 2025 were some of the fastest in California history despite months of criticism. Bass reflected on the massive ...

Hailed at its inception as a joint public-private partnership between the county fire agencies of Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange County and SoCal Edison, the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) program has ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom bragged that he was “physically in the midst” of firefighting efforts during 2025’s Los Angeles wildfires – months after claiming his hair “literally burst” during the ...

One year ago this week, the Palisades Fire erupted in the hills above Los Angeles, killing a dozen people and destroying nearly 7,000 homes and businesses. It became L.A.’s worst urban wildfire ...

After wildfires devastated Southern California in January 2025 — killing hundreds and destroying nearly 20,000 homes by some estimates — a nonprofit organization called FireAid held a ...