‘Beyond the brink’: Data shows LA Fire Department among the most understaffed in America
A CNN analysis of the 10 largest US cities and other comparable departments shows the Los Angeles Fire Department is less ...
Axing fact-checkers 'like disbanding your fire department,' former CNN journo complains amid LA wildfires
Some commentators compared fact-checkers to "fire departments" and "first responders" while wildfires continued to spread ...
Cal Fire Chief: 'Weeks' Needed to Extinguish LA Wildfires Fully
Cal Fire's David Acuña warned that challenging terrain, suburban hazards and winds could prolong the emergency for weeks.
‘It’s tedious. It’s dirty. It’s not fun:’ Searching for answers in the wildfire wreckage
A week after wind-whipped wildfires began their deadly rampage through Southern California, investigators search for clues ...
California congresswoman surprises CNN anchor with take about LA fires: 'Lot of conspiracies out there'
A House Democrat told CNN this week she wonders if local authorities purposefully slowed their response to wildfires in Los ...
Why some structures may have withstood the Los Angeles area wildfires – while those next door burned to the ground
While it may be impossible ever to know for sure, several variables could be at play for those homes that survive, experts ...
As the LA wildfires have shown, people with disabilities often have to fend for themselves
When people with disabilities aren’t included in disaster plans, the results can be deadly, advocates say. They advise that ...
A ‘dangerously unacceptable breakdown’ led to errant or delayed evacuation warnings in LA. The rest of the US isn’t immune
Myriad problems have plagued Los Angeles County’s alert system as wildfires torch America’s most populous county. But the ...
Tracking the damage and devastation from the Los Angeles wildfires in maps
The Palisades Fire has been the largest in terms of burned areas. The iconic Malibu restaurant Moonshadows was completely ...
Los Angeles’ NBA teams return home hoping to provide a distraction from destructive wildfires
Both of Los Angeles’ NBA teams returned to their home courts Monday night after having games postponed due to wildfires in ...
Doctors, nurses press ahead as wildfires strain Los Angeles’ health care
The rapidly spreading wildfires that have transformed much of Los Angeles County into a raging hellscape are not only ...
Tearful LA fire union prez warned of dangerous fire department understaffing last year: ‘Someone will die’
This is a woefully understaffed fire department,” Escobar said. “We’re either going to have a fire department that’s going to ...