In January 2025, Los Angeles was ravaged by wildfires, which reportedly exposed an estimated 7 million people to lead concentrations more than 80 times higher than normal levels. The findings were ...

To shoot their Oscar-contending film Still Standing, directors Víctor Tadashi Suárez and Livia Albeck-Ripka donned hazmat ...

Firefighters work against the advancing Post Fire on June 16, 2024, in Gorman, Calif. A Southern California wildfire doubled in size overnight, causing the evacuation of more than 1,000 campers from a ...

Researchers estimated that during what they called "peak structural burning," about 7 million residents were exposed.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the height of the Los Angeles fires in 2025, millions of residents were exposed in a 24-hour period to toxic lead levels from smoke that were 80 times higher than the typical ...

LA County is set to receive an additional $200 million from Gov. Gavin Newsom's $2.5 billion wildfire relief fund, following NBC4 Investigates' reporting that only a fraction of the money promised for ...

Insurance companies lost a bid to hold Edison International’s Southern California utility liable for a massive Los Angeles-area wildfire without a trial. Superior Court Judge Laura Seigle on Tuesday ...

A Southern California wildfire doubled in size overnight, causing the evacuation of more than 1,000 campers from a park, closing a popular recreation area on Father's Day and threatening a major ...