The climate change evidence is illustrated by wild swings such as two years of drenching rain spurring a lot of vegetation growth. Then this summer it was bone dry. What mitigating measures could the ...

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Structures, rather than vegetation, served as the primary fuel for spreading flames, but fire-resistant landscaping helps. It ...

President Trump nominated Joe Kent to lead National Counterterrorism Center. Kent has ties to white nationalists and neo-Nazis.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the subcomittee’s chair and a Trump loyalist who has frequently clashed with Garcia, called Trump’s DOGE effort a “mandate from the American people” to ...

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with devastating fire damage.

Critical fire weather conditions continued for areas of Southern California on Wednesday, continuing weeks of wildfires that have wreaked havoc. Red flag warnings were in effect until Thursday ...

Two weeks have passed since a destructive wave of wildfires first gripped southern California, burning tens of thousands of acres and killing more than two dozen people in what has become one of ...

Fire has always shaped the landscape in California. But today it burns hotter ... maintaining moisture and staying green for most of the year. Fires, when they occurred, were rare because ...

As wildfires relentlessly sweep across Southern California and other parts of the world, Manzhu Yu, an assistant professor of geography at Penn State, offered insights into the ongoing crisis in ...

To Cohen, the finger-pointing that has ensued since the deadly fires broke out in Southern California — amid reports that hydrants ran dry, a reservoir was empty and extra firefighters were not ...

In a state that averages more than 7,500 wildfires a year some California homeowners keep helmets and fire hoses handy. However, the Los Angeles fires demonstrate a new reality: Wildfires in the ...