As the Palisades Fire burned out of control under hurricane-force winds, some residents chose to stay and fight, like Cort Wagner. Wagner picked up a garden hose to take a stand against the flames ...

The Palisades fire was fanned by gusting Santa Ana winds. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) For months after the Palisades fire, many who had lost their homes eagerly awaited the Los Angeles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brush fire in Pacific Palisades quickly consumed more than 200 acres on Jan. 7 before leveling most of the Palisades and ...

The Palisades fire killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) The author of the Los Angeles Fire Department's after-action report on the Palisades fire ...

A day after federal prosecutors announced that the catastrophic Palisades fire was caused by the rekindling of a smaller arson fire days earlier, Los Angeles city officials were in damage control mode ...

For months after the Palisades fire, many who had lost their homes eagerly awaited the Los Angeles Fire Department’s after-action report, which was expected to provide a frank evaluation of the agency ...

Pacific Palisades had been burning for less than two hours when word raced through the ranks of the Los Angeles Fire Department that the agency’s leaders had failed to pre-deploy any extra engines and ...