In May, the City Attorney’s Office filed court papers in which they explained they had determined private attorneys should handle the defense.

Los Angeles fire survivors can apply for property tax deferment, with no penalties or interest until June 30, 2030.

A new University of California study says that a toxic carcinogen with "potentially serious impacts on human health" may have spread as far as nine miles downwind from the Palisades and Eaton fire zones in 2025.

Torched” offers a reporter’s keen take on an evolving story, analyzing breakdowns in public safety systems and placing the Pacific Palisades blaze into larger context.

The utility company, which has been largely blamed for the 2025 wildfire, has tried to shift the blame onto the county for not clearing brush and not issuing timely evacuation orders to western Altadena.

In Europe, heat and drought led to fires across the Mediterranean area that killed 28 people and displaced more than 120,000, according to the new study. Analysts are still assessing the economic damage from them, but the European Union this year declared the 2025 wildfire season the most destructive on record.

California's top insurance regulator says the state is seeking millions of dollars in penalties from State Farm after an investigation found the insurance company violated state law while handling claims from the 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires.

There are two, seemingly irreconcilable, stories of how the Palisades fire became a deadly and destructive behemoth dominating post-fire discourse. One is told by the residents who lived through it, and the other by the government officials who responded to it