Vetter Mountain lookout is about a five-mile round-trip hike. When it's open, you'll be greeted by a panorama of L.A. and a ...

The L.A. County Museum of Art announces three commissions for large-scale outdoor art around its new David Geffen Galleries.

A strong storm system moving through Los Angeles and Orange counties Wednesday evening into Thursday was forecast ...

State officials have released a third batch of maps showing fire hazards in California's Bay Area and the state's northern ...

California has relatively young mountains from a geology standpoint, meaning much of its steep terrain is still in ... according to Los Angeles County Public Works. This prevents blockages of ...

LOS ANGELES — A winter downpour in Los Angeles ... City officials posted an evacuation map online. An NBC News crew captured video of an SUV tossed and pushed into the ocean by a torrent of ...

The agent’s description of Pinto Canyon being something of a war zone was confirmed in the news. Operation Gatekeeper has ...

Steep terrain and eucalyptus trees, for example, add to fire risk. But the maps have limits ... who are more worried since the fires in Los Angeles. Residents can harden their homes in meaningful ...

With a storm bringing a risk of mudslides and debris flows, some areas of Los Angeles recently burned by wildfires will face ...

Strong winds and dry terrain worsened these fires, creating ideal conditions for a natural disaster. Prior to the fires, the National Weather Service (NWS) Los Angeles office forecasted strong red ...

Also, Giuliacci said, the maps do not consider structures including homes and other buildings as “fuel” that can contribute to rapid fire spread, as happened in the catastrophic Los Angeles fires.