Parts of the city had been urged to evacuate as a powerful system brought rain and snow up and down the state.

Not all Californian coastal areas are moving lower. The Santa Barbara groundwater basin, which has been continuously ...

California braced for the arrival of a massive storm on Wednesday, evacuating residents in areas at risk of mudslides and ...

County fire or sheriff’s officials appear to have failed to set the alerts in motion, leaving many west Altadena residents to ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the adoption of a long range plan to guide development. Here’s how it ...

Intuitive Machines, a Houston company aiming to repeat a 2024 landing, said its spacecraft, Athena, has power and is communicating but may not be upright. It is unclear how that might impact the ...

Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building ...

The Eaton fire hit the Los Angeles area hard, particularly Altadena. That’s where KUOW’s Angela King grew up and where she returned to document the damage and the area’s resilience.

"California’s resilience means we will keep updating our standards in the most fire-prone areas." The maps are divided into Fire Hazard Severity Zones—moderate, High, or Very High—and ...

Earlier this year, government officials in Altadena, California, finished a long and difficult planning effort to address housing shortages and wildfire risks in the community. Then, the Eaton ...