As the cleanup phase of recovery begins after the devastating fires in L.A. County, displaced residents grapple with new ...

Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready?

In a matter of hours, entire blocks of the Los Angeles area were destroyed, gutting thriving communities and leaving thousands with only the items they carried as they ran from their homes to escape ...

"We built a major metropolitan area in a desert on a tectonic fault ... Public safety, basic elementary... VITTERT: The fire hydrant's working. Adam Carolla, of all people, the comedian, had ...

At least five people are dead, 200,000 residents were under evacuation warning and 180,000 under evacuation order.

Water and Power said it repaired all hydrants needing repairs before the blaze. The agency’s fire hydrant repair list was current and updated, the statement continues. “According to the South ...

FOX 11 LOS ANGELES: As California's wildfires continue to spread, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin ... when a firefighter comes up to a hydrant, we expect there's gonna be water.

The crescent of flames squeezing Los Angeles - including a huge fire between Santa Monica and ... whether there was water in the hydrant or water had to be shuttled in. "We have to be prepared ...

The dry desert air moves from the interior to the coast, lowering humidity and dehydrating vegetation. This makes plants more vulnerable to fire ... comes up to a hydrant, we expect there's ...

While a major fire like those happening in Los Angeles could always happen in Palm Springs, officials with the Palm Springs Fire Department and Desert Water ... to have a hydrant every 500 feet ...

Read more On Tuesday, firefighters held the line against two massive wildfires that had ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as desert ... "LADWP’s fire hydrant repair list ...