In the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles County in January, homeowners who survived the blazes are facing the impossible choice of rebuilding—if they can cover the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Los Angeles firestorms show how quickly wildfires can turn into urban fires. Flying embers, not direct flames, often ignite ...

Those whose homes burned in the Los Angeles fires are making tough choices about whether to rebuild or move. A new project offers a third option: relocating homes to fire-affected lots. The LA fires ...

LOS ANGELES – Days after evacuating from Pacific Palisades, Maria Alden said, she was watching a TV news report about the wildfires. “They zoom into this house, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, that's my ...

The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety says a report commissioned on the L.A. fires highlights the need for people to take hardening their homes against fire seriously. "They need to do ...

On a hot, dry November morning in 1961, flames from a trash pile on brushland north of Mulholland Drive were picked up by Santa Ana winds and swept across the canyons of one of Los Angeles’ wealthiest ...

Seen from above, the damage to the fire-ravaged neighborhoods of Altadena, California, appears endless and unsparing. (Alice Li/TWP) Warning: This graphic requires ...

New UCLA research reveals Los Angeles' Measure ULA "mansion tax" has backfired, triggering a 40% plunge in construction permits.

A sprawling Los Angeles estate built for late TV producer Aaron Spelling sold for $110 million and was the second-most expensive home sale in the U.S. last year, according to Redfin. But it wasn’t the ...