But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires. In fact, ...

The Los Angeles fires were burning evidence of how dangerous this delusion is. The fires were a bonfire of bad ideas that had ...

California's wildfires are causing long-term environmental and economic damage that we have yet to grapple with. They should ...

Chaparral, Calif.’s fire-adapted ecosystem ... where he covered local news and California’s evolving climate challenges for new audiences on digital platforms. Before joining The Times ...

Chaparral plants are also adapted to wildfires ... all working together to make a more fire-resilient community," Syphard ...

Yes, the L.A. blazes were worsened by climate change, say Australian bushfire experts. But that doesn’t mean people are ...

The Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), passed the House and heading to the Senate, prioritizes logging interests over proven community protections like defensible space and emergency planning. It ...

Now entirely contained, the Los Angeles County fires should not be allowed to fade into the history books, chalked up to yet ...

Torrential rain is expected this week in Los Angeles, which risks producing flash flooding and landslides in areas stripped ...

Climate change did not ignite the recent blazes ... the hotter air dried out the shrubby vegetation in the area called chaparral, turning it into tinderbox material that feeds a fast-moving ...

California's Fresno County is expected to take the biggest hit, with projected home value losses of 10.4% over the next 30 years, according to the report. First Street projects Fresno County's ...

In response to a recent column on rhubarb I received several emails regarding local success with this plant, such as the ...