Two University of Southern California professors have found that Southern California may have dodged the worst of a hidden danger of the recent fires: lead exposure. Lead’s former prevalence in ...

Late last month, before the rains arrived, USC professor Seth John traveled through foothill neighborhoods devastated by the ...

USC researchers traveled through neighborhoods devastated by the Eaton Fire to run lead tests on ash gathered from gutters ...

Next comes the rest of the debris: the husks of washing machines, the chimneys standing sentry over the remains, and heaps of ...

That’s a long time to wait for these governmental agencies to do their thing,” one resident, Kimberly Bloom, said.

Nearly a month since blazes ignited across Los Angeles County, the channels of communications have been established between ...

Toxic chemicals from L.A.'s fires are going under-reported and pose serious long-term risks, a group of lawmakers say. They want the EPA to create a task force.