it and many others like it are also part of a trend in which urban and suburban sprawl has crept into previously wild areas. Neighborhoods tucked into the foothills of Los Angeles are now more ...

In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped into residential neighborhoods this week, killing at least 11 people and ...

Experts in fire mitigation and climate science said LA should use the fires as an opportunity to design more resilient ...

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

Since 1960, the Los Angeles metropolitan area’s population has nearly doubled from more than 6 million to over 12 million today. And the ever-expanding urban sprawl contributes to climate change ...

The latest: At least 27 people have died in multiple wildfires around Los Angeles. The Palisades Fire has destroyed thousands ...

L.A. isn’t the first or only place to get hit by a climate-related disaster, nor will it be the last. These events are ...

The city faces a choice: remake itself into something largely familiar or take a bolder path and emerge as a new metropolis.

WASHINGTON: A prolonged dry spell combined with strong winds has created the "perfect conditions" for Los Angeles wildfires ... perennial debates over suburban sprawl and forest management ...

Hotter air holds more moisture, which means that rainfall can be heavier, or increased evaporation can exacerbate droughts.

Los Angeles Wildfire: Extreme Weather, Suburban Sprawl Fuel Wildfires Posted: 9 January 2025 | Last updated: 9 January 2025 A fast-spreading wildfire is currently raging through Los Angeles and ...