USA TODAY combed through historic records and talked with experts to produce this list of the nation's biggest fires.

One person is dead and another person has been taken into custody after a fatal shooting in a busy corridor of downtown Los ...

This year has been terrible for wildfires, and the ones currently ... There are four different fires burning in the Los Angeles area. The biggest, the Thomas fire, has already burned 96,000 ...

Hold your breath for some bad news if you’re a local. A new report shows residents living in the Los Angeles and Long Beach ...

State officials unveiled 81 targets to transform millions of acres in the Golden State into landscapes that can absorb more ...

Winemakers in the Napa Valley are having to battle wildfires affecting vineyards and wineries. Evacuations are in place in Southern California as multiple fires left structures ablaze. A report ...

As record-setting blazes become common and the number of skilled wildland firefighters dwindles, ProPublica spoke to those ...

Elementary students were placed on lockdown after someone fired a BB gun at their school in the Canyon Country neighborhood ...

who was back in Los Angeles this past week for the opening of The Polyphonic Fortress. “My house didn't burn, but there's a lot of animals that live out there. There's a lot of food supplies for ...

Hussein Julood is taking on UK oil giant BP over the death of his son, Ali. Hussein claims the burning off of gas at a BP oil ...

An American Lung Association report finds 131 million people are breathing “hazardous” or “very unhealthy” air. The exposure ...

Times are getting increasingly tough for many of California’s wine grape growers. Wine-souring smoke from wildfires, grape-shriveling drought and global warming have all been playing an ...