CalMatters reports on the alarming issue of home development in highly flammable areas in the state of California.

Customers are picking up the $1.7 billion tab after the utility’s equipment was linked to the wildfire and resulting flooding seven years ago.

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades fires that erupted last week have collectively burned almost 4 square miles of highly dense parts of Los Angeles,

Homeowners are buying and installing private fire hydrant systems to help protect their homes during wildfires.

While investigators are still working to determine the official cause, attorney Jay Edelson alleges this real-time video is the strongest evidence yet, that suggests the Eaton Fire started at an SCE transmission tower.

Federal officials apologize for not giving San Gabriel Valley mayors a heads-up that a hazardous collection site from the Eaton fire would be in the area. It came amid a town hall attended by

Reconstructing fire-ravaged neighborhoods in their former image could make residents sitting ducks for future blazes, experts say.

Lithium batteries from Tesla Inc., along with those from other carmakers, have added to the mix of toxic materials requiring specialized removal in the wake of the fires, delaying the fire

The increased frequency and size of conflagrations like those burning in LA threaten even species that evolved with wildfires, including the region’s struggling mountain lions.

In this month’s wind-driven wildfires in Southern California, evacuation alerts for some neighborhoods came long after homes were aflame.

As of late last week, investigations were under way into whether equipment owned and operated by Southern California Edison, the utility subsidiary of

California officials voted Thursday to let Southern California Edison to raise electric rates to cover payments it made to victims of the 2017 Thomas wildfire.