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An evacuation zone was established between the 101 Freeway and Laurel Canyon and between Mulholland Drive and Hollywood Boulevard.

State law prohibits businesses from boosting prices on hotels by more than 10% for 30 days after a local or state agency has declared an emergency.

Firefighters were dispatched to two new blazes that erupted Wednesday night — a fast-growing brush fire that prompted chaotic evacuations near the Hollywood Hills and a structure fire in Studio City.

Levi Strauss heir and nonprofit executive Daniel Lurie was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th mayor of San Francisco. He vowed a "new era of accountability, service and change."

Miles Soboroff and his wife were building a home in Pacific Palisades — but don't know its fate after making a quick evacuation Tuesday amid a devastating inferno.

FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER left a strong impression on the people, including Silicon Valley leaders who spent time with him during his decades of social justice work post-presidency.Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100. Since his death, Silicon …

In the catastrophic Palisades fire, one of the city's iconic thoroughfares was severely damaged and large swaths of homes were reduced to smoldering rubble.

The wildfires burning across LA are also degrading the air quality across the region. The resulting air pollution is a serious health threat, especially for children, pregnant people, older adults, and those with preexisting conditions.

Free bookstore crawl, with chocolate: San Francisco’s prize-winning sci-fi author Charlie Jane Anders, host of the long-running Writers with Drinks series and the organizer behind the less frequent Bookstore and Chocolate Crawls, is indeed a huge supporter of our local …

The NFL said it it plans to have the Rams host the Vikings for a playoff game at SoFi Stadium, but Arizona is a backup option due to L.A. wildfires.

The father and brother of the late Darius Morris, an ex-Lakers and Clippers guard, were sentenced to prison for stealing up to $5.1-million worth of U.S. Postal Service money orders.

As fire engulfed Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, residents along the coast found different ways to escape.

With Mayor Karen Bass far from L.A., Rick Caruso, her opponent in the 2022 election, swept in to fill the gap, blasting the city's handling of the wildfires.

Pacific Palisades workers are guarding homes — not against the flames, but against looters, who might see opportunity in an affluent neighborhood suddenly deserted.

On Wednesday, the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel turned into an evacuation zone for some of Los Angeles' most well-to-do residents.

Some residents flee, others stay and fight as Eaton fire tears through unincorporated community of Altadena: 'The whole city just got erased'

Multiple wind-whipped fires are ripping through the Los Angeles area.

President Biden announced that he became a great-grandfather on Wednesday after his granddaughter Naomi gave birth in Los Angeles.

Here's what to pack in your "go-bag" in the event you receive an evacuation warning or order.

Satellite images show when the major fires, the Eaton, Palisades and Hurst fires, were first visible from space. See the timeline.