Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders on the LA fires and the demand for private firefighers in Malibu and the Palisades.

Santa Rosa police are considering a new tool they believe could transform emergency response: a drone that acts as a first ...

Tenant advocates — and even some landlord groups — are calling for authorities to crack down on rent gouging in the wake of ...

Trump’s first term saw an uptick in funds to migrant-serving orgs, according to a UCSC study. Nonprofits say they need more ...

With so many displaced, people are offering double, triple the rent, “offering to pay six months rent up front.” ...

Watch Duty, founded in 2021, when it had about 6,000 North Bay users, now has 16 million active users, more than half of whom ...

It's time to meet your present-maker! We took a trip to Lapland to meet the one that brings dreams to life every winter.

As the catastrophic wildfires continue to rage in Southern California, some Los Angeles residents are not waiting around to see if their city survives. Instead, they are packing up and moving ...

Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.

New York Times reporters have been writing personal portraits about the fires in the California Today newsletter. Here is a collection of their dispatches on what the disaster means to them, and to ...