A brush fire erupted on the northbound side of the 405 Freeway in Granada Hills Monday, video from Sky5 Shows. It’s unclear exactly when or how the brusher alongside the roadway started,

On Thursday, Jan. 9, a Super Scooper firefighting plane was grounded after it collided with a drone illegally flying over the Palisades fire area. The aircraft, which can drop 1,600 gallons of water at a time and replenish its supply in five minutes, will likely be out of use for the remainder of the Palisades fire.

Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, are burning across Los Angeles.

Gusts of up to 70 mph are possible along the coast and valleys, and in the mountains, up to 100 mph, the National Weather Service said. Parts of L.A. County, and most of Ventura County, are at highest risk.

LOS ANGELES − Residents across Los Angeles County received an erroneous evacuation warning as fires continue to blaze across Southern California. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said in a post on X that the warning was intended to be for areas ...

The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner ... and many people in the San Fernando Valley and Brentwood reportedly left voluntarily, Cal Fire reported that UCLA students were not ordered to ...

Los Angeles Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said the current red flag warning will expire at 6 p.m. Pacific on Friday but a new warning is expected to be issued Monday, when windy conditions in the Los Angeles area are forecast to return.

The adopted budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year increased the amount for the fire department to $819,637,423, according to a summary on the city administrative officer's website. That meant the department's funding saw a decrease of $17,553,814, rather than almost $23 million.

Parched Southern California could get some badly needed rain this weekend to dampen the prospects of another round of killer wildfires.