Drivers who have never had an accident may be getting whiplash none-the-less this week as the Pacific Coast Highway has ...

Wildfires strip mountain slopes of vegetation while their extreme heat bakes surface soils ... for communities below the Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains, where the Palisades and Eaton ...

Some Southern California beaches have lifted fire-debris and sewage-related closures and advisories, while the arrival of a ...

High-intensity rain — more than half an inch per hour — can wreak havoc on burned areas, increasing the likelihood of flooding and landslides on soil ... in the Santa Monica Mountains were ...

Parts of Pacific Coast Highway remained closed due to heavy flooding and mudslides in Southern California, according to state ...

After thousands of homes were destroyed, many are looking for ways to make Los Angeles safer from wildfires. But clearing ...

A destructive storm is making its way out of Southern California Friday, but not before flooding streets, neighborhoods and freeways, causing crashes and congestion, and leading to evacuation orders ...

Soil moisture levels across much of the region ... Last May, the live fuel moisture content of Santa Monica Mountains chamise — a prominent chaparral plant — was a wet and heavy 143%.

Now, dry and burned soil stripped of its native chaparral ... areas of the San Gabriel Mountains above Altadena and the Santa Monica mountains above Palisades to identify areas at greatest risk.

Gusty winds during Thursday's storm downed trees and power lines in spots. A possible weak tornado pummeled an Oxnard mobile home park, minor flooding was reported in the Thousand Oaks area, and rocks ...