The red flags started at the turn of the new year – an uncommon windstorm was coming to Southern California, bringing dry conditions and wind gusts rare to a region that had been parched for months.

The author of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s after-action report on the Palisades fire declined to endorse it because of substantial deletions that altered his findings, calling the edited version ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Palisades fire killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) The author of the Los ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s official after-action report on the deadly Palisades fire is facing renewed scrutiny after newly revealed internal edits raised questions about whether key findings ...

The author of the Los Angeles Fire Department's after-action report on the Palisades fire declined to endorse it because of substantial deletions that altered his findings, calling the edited version ...

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The Armed Forces of Malta signed for an additional Leonardo AW139 helicopter on 22 December. (Malta Public Affairs Office) Malta has signed for an additional Leonardo AW139 helicopter and a Beechcraft ...

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department chased a driver in a stolen ambulance in the San Fernando Valley Friday night. LAPD confirmed that the ambulance belongs to the Los Angeles Fire ...