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The damage from wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area is horrific however it’s tallied

Forecasters have given an update about what we can expect from the fierce winds over the weekend and into next week

The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed thousands of structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue to battle the infernos. Parts of Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and other California communities are now unrecognizable.

Single-family zoning makes it practically impossible to build more housing in central L.A.

The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be’s newly installed crib

Critics have erroneously blamed California environmental policies and empty reservoirs for lack of water

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With uncontrolled blazes still raging around Los Angeles, on the day it was confirmed that last year was the hottest in human history, it would be a good time for global leaders to finally take climate change seriously. But the signs are that no such Damascene…

A guide to cleaning the air in your home amid wildfires.

Officials hope improved wind conditions will allow firefighters to contain wildfires that have devastated the US city.

EXCLUSIVE: Author John Vaillant tells The Independent that human-driven climate change has created dangerous wildfire conditions and thousands of ‘climate refugees’ in the city of Los Angeles

Among the thousands of buildings destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires were a mosque, a synagogue, a Catholic parish and a half-dozen Protestant churches