Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the ...

– Two national reviews – one by a blue-ribbon commission and the other by the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council – investigated the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and ...

While the end to the fire danger is not yet in sight, experts say the hazards that will remain in its wake will be severe.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed more than two dozen people. Weaker winds enabled firefighters to make inroads ...

Containing wildfires—never mind extinguishing them—in parched and windy conditions can be monstrously difficult. Dry ...

A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center for Angelenos impacted by the fires has also been set up at the UCLA Research Park (formerly ...

Normal fire season is in late summer and fall because of the heat of the summer and dry vegetation. This is also when the ...

Fires are continuing to burn in Southern California ... policy cooperative extension specialist at the University of California, Los Angeles, told ABC News The wildfires are incinerating the ...

But the Los Angeles fires showed how older homes ... William Deverell, a professor of American history at the University of Southern California, said the region was cheerfully marketed as having ...

California is home to some of the world's most prestigious universities, making the choice of where to study a daunting task.