Alyce McFadden, a reporting fellow on The Times’s Metro desk, writes about what covering a disaster for the first time brought home to her.

The Hughes Fire has now burned 8,096 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties since igniting late Wednesday morning near ...

As the cleanup phase of recovery begins after the devastating fires in L.A. County, displaced residents grapple with new ...

After an epic dry streak, the first real rain of winter fell in Southern California, bringing elevated risk of floods and ...

Southern California's first major storm of the season brought rain and snow, helping to extinguish wildfires but causing ...

The 5 Freeway through Grapevine connecting Los Angeles and Kern counties was shut down for more than 13 hours Sunday night ...

Southern California is facing fierce fires fueled by the Santa Ana winds, which threaten homes and put firefighters to the ...

Delays in evacuating, or the inability to evacuate safely, can have catastrophic consequences, not only for those trying to ...

Hughes Fire initially started 10:53 a.m. Jan. 22 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 10,425 acres after being active for ...