Full coverage: Investigating the California wildfires of 2025
The Times investigates California's response to the devastating wildfires that burned across Los Angeles County in January.
California's 'Regulatory Failure' Blamed for Wildfire Insurance Disaster
The California insurance crisis laid bare by the Los Angeles fires was fueled by "regulatory failure," economist Nancy ...
NASA Satellites Show How California’s Wildfire Crisis Was Years in the Making
The largest fires started on January 7 and devastated swathes of L.A., including Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The fires ...
Elapses size of San Francisco: LA fires carve mark on history
Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.
The New York Times9d
The Eaton and Palisades Fires are Now Among California’s Deadliest
Rattlesnake fire, 1953: The fire in Glenn County, in Northern California, killed 15 people. Cedar fire, 2003: The fire in San Diego killed 15. North Complex fire, 2020: The fire burned in the ...
Los Angeles Daily News28d
‘Big one we all feared’: Wildfires devastate Southern California
During a six-day span in October 2003, fires hit Ventura ... Two years of record or near-record rainfall hit Southern California from 2022 through the middle of last year. That created huge ...
The Desert Sun27d
The Los Angeles fires are devastating. Do they compare to the worst in California history?
2,900 structures destroyed Cedar fire (2003) in San Diego: 2,820 structures destroyed North Complex fire (2020) in northeast California: 2,352 structures destroyed How the current Los Angeles ...
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California’s devastating wildfires leave lingering mental health toll on residents
California officials declared this weekend that the last of the deadly fires that destroyed more than 16,000 structures were fully contained. As cleanup crews work to clear debris, contain toxins and ...