A quick-moving wildfire broke out in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains on Tuesday morning amid extremely dangerous fire weather conditions in Southern California. Evacuations were issued near the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.
Cultural and architectural wonders have been lost as well. A postwar haven for architects, structures destroyed include a home by modernist master Richard Neutra, the brutalist Robert Bridges’ house that once towered over Sunset Blvd., and modernist Ray Kappe’s iconic Keeler House.
The sole population of Southern California steelhead in the coastal range has survived flames and drought but finds itself facing another threat.
The Santa Monica Police Department arrested a dozen burglary suspects, all of whom live outside the Santa Monica area.
Strong winds of up to 100 mph and widespread power outages complicate firefighting efforts as the uncontained blaze expands into Northern Santa Monica.
Santa Monica Police Department has released mugshots on Monday of three people suspected of looting during the ongoing Palasides fire that has devastated Los Angeles.
Santa Monica downgrades evacuation orders following the improved Palisades Fire situation and reminds residents to remain vigilant.
A Santa Monica police officer is in the hospital Tuesday after a Malibu resident ran over their foot while attempting to enter an area restricted due to the Palisades Fire. The driver, later ...
Evacuation orders are in place in the Pacific Palisades after a brush fire broke out in the area this morning.
Some looters in Los Angeles are using wildfire evacuation maps to find empty homes and burglarize them, police said. Police officers have been on high alert looking for looters ever