Years after wildfires burn forests and watersheds, the contaminants left behind continue to poison rivers and streams across the Western U.S.—much longer than scientists estimated.

California communities step up to help fire victims 02:24. An Australian mother has spoken of how she tried in vain to save her blind son from the Los Angeles area wildfires as water supplies ran dry.

A mother and her son, a UCLA freshman, fought to save their house in Pacific Palisades, using a hose to keep the flames at bay while hundreds of their neighbors' homes burned.

Wildfires have ravaged more than 40,000 acres across Los Angeles, resulting in at least 24 deaths. The Pacific Palisades fire, one of the most destructive the city has seen, is now at 11 percent ...

The water shortage was the result of years of mismanagement of LA’s water system — including a federal indictment of a leader and high profile resignations — as well as major operational prob… ...

Some 20% of hydrants failed during the fight to save the Pacific Palisades from LA’s massive fire on Jan. 7. Here’s how other U.S. cities can better prepare.

A distraught Los Angeles mother confronted California Gov. Gavin Newsom in the ashen remains of her neighborhood, demanding to know what he was doing about the wildfires devouring the city — to ...

One man tells his story of staying to save his community during the Palisades Fire 03:49. With a racing car suit and his own fire hose, Robert Trinkkeller said he fought the flames of the ...

Shelley Sykes said she drove to the local fire department for help, but they told her they did not have any water. She said when the fire department brought her back, Rory’s “cottage was burnt ...

Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, until he started a fire using hand sanitizer, printer paper and a lighter.