Sitting in the middle of the Iranian plateau, the Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert, is the planet’s 24th largest desert.

Thick heavy smoke from wildfires passes over the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard ...

Around the globe, Associated Press photographers in 2024 documented what scientists on Friday said was the hottest year on ...

Raging wildfires in Los Angeles killed at least two people, destroyed hundreds of buildings and stretched firefighting ...

Cal Fire has its own fleet of aircraft operating from 14 airfields and 11 helicopter bases across the state that can reach most fires within about 20 minutes.

The Palisades fires expanded east quickly, threatening an area near the Getty Center. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he wanted ...

A walk-through on Sunset Boulevard on Thursday in downtown Palisades revealed a tiny microcosm of the havoc the Los Angeles wildfires have wreaked.

Wildfires that are burning in and around Los Angeles have burned the homes of several celebrities, including Billy Crystal, ...

More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, with ...

As the fires burn, the Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services Group reports on active and recent fires using data from ...

The Getty Villa, which is already closed to the public on Tuesdays, was “swiftly closed” to non-emergency staff after the ...

At maps.google.com, enter your home address in the search bar at the top-right, hit return, then click the photo of your home ...