If you buy into stereotypes and myths, the climate in Southern California is splendid and the people are laid back. Lies. The ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck near York Harbor, Maine, on Monday, approximately 7 miles south of the coastal area, ...

Within a decade, more than 5,000 residents lived in Malibu. Architects warned of the danger of building in the area, known to ...

In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like ...

A magnitude 2.8 was detected 180 miles north of Los Angeles, where fires are blazing, at 3:32am PT, which hit three hours ...

One firefighter said he's been to earthquakes, hurricanes and fires, but he’s seen nothing like the destruction left behind ...

Fans of "natural building" techniques, like the cob used by Pedersen, see need and opportunity. Adobe bricks made of clay, ...

Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.

The catastrophic wildfires have not only destroyed homes and communities but have also revealed a significant insurance gap, potentially leaving thousands of homeowners financially unprotected in ...

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the ...

– Two national reviews – one by a blue-ribbon commission and the other by the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council – investigated the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and ...

Thousands of housing units destroyed, with tens of thousands of Angelenos forced out of their homes and apartments. Tens of ...