The city was ordered to blackout and prepare for an attack. Searchlights sprang to life, frantically scanning the sky above the city for enemy aircraft. Finally, the lights converged on a single ...

Crowley, chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department. In some parts of the city, the battle already appeared to be lost. Much of Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood of some 23,000 people about 20 miles ...

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 ...

NBC Universal, Inc. Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and resulted in more than 50,000 ...

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.

The Battle of the Bands, the nation's premier showcase for Historically Black College and University (HBCU) marching bands, returns to Los Angeles on February 1. Tickets have been selling fast ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A new wildfire has spread rapidly in a mountainous area north-west of Los Angeles, prompting evacuation ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands of people as firefighters with air support slowed the spread of a huge wildfire churning through rugged mountains ...

CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and resulted in more than ...