A new rain storm is bearing down on California, including fire-ravaged Los Angeles, where residents are bracing for the ...

When hills are healthy, vegetation can anchor the soil in place. But when that is burned off, hillsides become vulnerable to ...

As a principal engineer for the county’s Public Works Department, Klippel’s job is to try to stop catastrophic flows of mud, debris and boulders that could rush into fire-stricken neighborhoods in ...

After the Southern California wildfires burned tens of thousands of acres last month, thousands of Angelenos are returning home for the first time in weeks.