Some policyholders who lost their homes in the Los Angeles fires are not getting claims advances that are due to them, Insurance Commissioner Richard Lara alleged Thursday.

In addition, conditions are expected to remain dry with low humidity, Cal Fire said. Los Angeles fire crews quickly extinguished a small brush fire that broke out Monday near Griffith Observatory.

Orange County businesses and organizations have stepped up in big ways to support first responders and evacuees impacted by the devastating Los Angeles area fires, which have destroyed more than ...

Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI ...