"No, LA County and all 29 fire departments in our country are not prepared for this type of widespread disaster," said Chief Jim McDonnell of the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES, Fla. (WFLA) — Police chased two suspects in the Los Angeles area as they fled on dirt bikes, according to reports. NBC affiliate KNBC reported that the suspects were on freeways in ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Parts of Los Angeles are still burning from multiple wildfires that have ravaged over 40,000 acres and killed at least 25 people. More than ...

President-elect Trump floated the idea Thursday of including federal aid to Los Angeles in the wake of deadly fires as part of a massive reconciliation package, suggesting that doing so would win ...

At least 75 fire trucks languished in a city repair facility in downtown Los Angeles as wildfires decimated Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, pictures taken by The Post show. The essential ...

One suspect confessed to starting a fire in a tree because he “liked the smell of burning leaves,” according to Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell. Another admitted that “she enjoyed ...

By Kellen Browning and Amy Graff Reporting from Los Angeles and Santa Monica Angelenos have spent the past week under a haze of smoke, barraged by evacuation warnings, many of them searching for a ...

At least five people total have been charged with arson since the wildfires broke out Jan. 7 in the Palisades. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Jose Gerardo Escobar, 39 ...

Los Angeles police have arrested four people on arson charges for allegedly trying to ignite new fires as firefighters continue to fight the Palisades and Eaton blazes that have killed a combined ...

The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested three individuals for arson, outside of the recent wildfire zones. Chief Jim McDonnell said three people were arrested for arson in the past few days ...

Nearly three dozen people have been taken into custody after entering closed evacuation areas in Los Angeles County ... clamp down on persistent looting. Police said a total of 34 people have ...

A man arrested last week in the Los Angeles area, where a series of destructive wildfires have been raging, has been identified as Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva, a Mexican national residing in the US ...