It's been more than three weeks since the beginning of the Los Angeles area wildfires and the level of devastation is ...

Newsom signed the order after returning from Washington, D.C., where he met with President Trump to discuss federal aid.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering the state to speed up its rulemaking for wildfire safety around homes in fire-prone areas that would ban most plants and combustible materials like mulch and wood fencing ...

When a scientist received a video of a spotted hyena in the southern part of his country, he thought someone was playing a ...

A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.

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The devastating wildfires that have destroyed entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles this month are adding up to the costliest wildfire event in California history, and they will slow the U.S ...

Mark Gold, water scarcity director for the Natural Resources Defense Council and member of the Metropolitan Water District Board that provides water to 19 million people in Southern California ...

Rain and cooler temperatures will bring relief to Southern California this weekend, after a prolonged stretch of dry, breezy ...

As of Thursday afternoon, six active wildfires are burning in Southern California, and maps shared on the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) website show how each one has ...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is turning his government's focus toward local natural resource development as fears grow about the possible impacts on provincial revenues from potential U.S ...

Aside from federal government assistance, the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation provides resources to assist businesses survive and recover after natural disasters. Help from ...