Travel & Experiences
An effort to add 118,000 acres to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is coming to a head in Congress. Here’s why you should support it.
Oct. 31, 2024
California
With the wind dying down and the humidity rising, some 3,000 fire personnel were making headway Saturday containing the Mountain fire, which has destroyed more than 130 homes and damaged nearly 90 others in Ventura County.
Nov. 10, 2024
Cal Fire says a man has been charged for starting the Flora fire in Sonoma County. The fire agency said the man drove his truck for miles without a front tire, sparking the fire that charred 36 acres in four days before it was fully contained on Sunday.
July 29, 2024
Running Springs, a mountain town that dealt with a deadly blizzard last year, is now contending with the raging Line fire. But some residents are staying put.
Sept. 11, 2024
Satellite imagery showcases the Mountain fire’s fury as homes are reduced to rubble and a vast plume of smoke stretches into the atmosphere.
Nov. 7, 2024
When Metrolink CEO Darren Kettle evacuated, the flames seemed to be heading away from his home in Las Posas Estates. They eventually burned his house to the ground.
Nov. 15, 2024
As firefighters make significant progress against Ventura County’s Mountain fire, officials have confirmed another 60 destroyed structures and millions in agricultural losses. A total of 207 structures, many homes, have been ruined, another 90 are damaged.
Nov. 12, 2024
Climate & Environment
Southern California’s native landscapes are famously tough. But repeated wildfire and drought amplified by climate change pose a growing threat to wildlands that provide us with drinking water, untamed refuge from the Southland’s sprawl and stop mountainsides from sliding into our living rooms.
Jan. 11, 2019
After the Mountain fire destroyed homes in the hillside community overlooking Camarillo, many residents helped one another and were eager to rebuild.
Nov. 11, 2024