Property owners whose homes or buildings were damaged or destroyed by this week’s extreme windstorms and wildfires may qualify for temporary tax relief, L.A. County officials announced Wednesday.

President Joe Biden wrapped up an unexpectedly eventful trip to the Southland Wednesday that saw him scrub a planned event in Riverside County due to dangerously high winds. Biden and first lady Jill ...

A 40-year-old man was fatally injured in a hit-and-run collision in South Los Angeles, authorities said Wednesday. The crash occurred around 7:20 p.m. Tuesday when the pedestrian was crossing Figueroa ...

Driven by unrelenting winds, a massive brush fire engulfed over 11,800 acres through the Pacific Palisades area, destroying or damaging more than 1,000 structures and forcing thousands of people from ...

A wind-driven fire in the Sylmar area rapidly expanded to 700 acres Wednesday with no reported containment. The Hurst Fire — one of four major fires burning in the Southland amid fierce Santa Ana ...

A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was killed Wednesday in a collision involving his patrol motorcycle and an SUV on the Riverside (91) Freeway. Deputy Timothy Corlew was fatally injured at about ...

Adding to a string of vegetation fires prompted by extreme weather conditions, a brush fire was burning at Sepulveda Basin Wednesday. The fire was initially reported at 75 acres just before 4 a.m.

A fast-moving brush fire in the Eaton Canyon area exploded in size overnight, topping 10,000 acres Wednesday while claiming two lives and destroying more than 100 structures while prompting school ...

A series of connector, on-ramp and lane closures on the Chino Valley (71) and Pomona (60) freeways in Pomona are scheduled to continue until Friday for road repair work, according to Caltrans. The ...