Firefighters are making some progress Friday against multiple fires that continue to burn throughout the Los Angeles area.

As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual ...

Fires ignited in Pacific Palisades, Sylmar, Altadena and Hollywood Hills, forcing thousands to evacuate amid a life-threatening and destructive windstorm slamming Southern California.

Here's the latest on containment for the fires burning across Southern California as firefighters work to get the blazes under control.

The rising death underscores the sheer destruction and danger caused by fires that remain very active Conditions are still ...