California lawmakers are proposing tougher penalties on looting and other opportunistic crimes during disasters after more ...

The understaffed Los Angeles County Probation Department is asking that state if local police departments can help preform compliance checks.

At least 29 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for 16 days. A crew of 2,420 firefighters has been working on site and they ...

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva ... However, the state’s top firefighter, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Joe Tyler, has been somewhat less ...

Making matters worse, nearly all of Southern California is in severe ... according to a Sunday release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. But many residents will have to wait ...

In addition to helping Altadena residents evacuate, deputies also grabbed weapons and equipment from their station.

Officials ordered evacuations in the area surrounding the Hughes Fire on Wednesday morning, located near Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County.

A red flag warning remains in effect until 10 a.m. Friday," Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony ... according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna. Parts of Interstate 5 were ...

The Hughes Fire in Castaic, Los Angeles County ... a spokesman with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said Wednesday that ...

Drought expanded in Central CA too. Officials had previously ... according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Read more here. Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating 24 active ... prepositioned fire engines and aircraft across Southern California, anticipating any new fires that may ignite, during ...