Text messages released to ABC News through a public records request provide new insight about what local officials were ...

Palisades and Eaton fire survivors still need help. That's the message California Sen. Alex Padilla hopes to send to Congress ...

Los Angeles has a new leader at the helm of its fire department: Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva, who was announced ...

The former chief said it was an "absolute honor to represent and lead the men and women of one of the greatest fire departments ... largest of the fires in Los Angeles County -- the Palisades ...

Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. PST Los Angeles County public health officials issue closures of several miles of beach near the Palisades ...

If you are wondering where to start, Los Angeles County has set up an online portal ... literally spilling over and out into our local fire stations." The community support is heartwarming.

The current budget is $84 million. Gary Jones, director of the Department of Beaches and Harbors, was asking for five new positions including waste water specialists to help the department operate ...

The deadly, wind-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out 3½ weeks ago in Southern California, were declared fully contained Friday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

California is turning to apprenticeship to combat its wildfire crisis. With thousands of firefighter apprentices trained ...

After a grueling January, Los Angeles County Fire Captain Sheila Kelliher Berkoh ... women on the stage represented every division of the departments that played a role in dousing the flames ...

If a Los Angeles-style wildfire comes to Eagle County ... While many people trust that Eagle County’s fire departments will protect them in case of a wildfire, if a fire is moving quickly or spreads ...