This is the second part of a series. In the spring of 1925, a shortage of helium kept the U.S. built USS Shenandoah in her Lakehurst, N.J. hangar. The valuable gas had been given to the newer, ...

The city was ordered to blackout and prepare for an attack. Searchlights sprang to life, frantically scanning the sky above ...

For the people of Los Angeles, the men and women who have fought this battle are second to none. "We should never stop thanking them," Los Angeles-based talk show host Jimmy Kimmel said.

Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los ...

The Hughes fire, about 45 miles (72 km) north of Los Angeles, grew to more than 10,000 acres (4,000 hectares), forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate a region already reeling from the ...

As crews continue their battle, incarcerated firefighters part ... There's a second site we just opened up in the past year called the Los Angeles Training Center. And this — we have completed ...

Travelers flying into Los Angeles last weekend were greeted by an apocalyptic sight: billowing clouds of smoke and the red-orange glow of flames against the glittering expanse of city lights.