Us Breaking News La Wildfires Among Costliest In Us History

Judge orders man accused of starting deadly LA wildfire jailed while awaiting trial

Rinderknecht was arrested Oct. 7 in Florida, where he staying at his sister’s house. A judge ordered that he remain jailed after a prosecutor said he had traits of an arsonist and his family had ... Read More

LA firefighters warned that brush fire was still smoldering before it sparked Palisades blaze, but officials did nothing: report

Los Angeles firefighters had warned their chief that a brush fire that would eventually grow into the deadly Palisades inferno had not been fully extinguished, but the department did nothing about it, ... Read More

LA's January wildfires among 14 billion-dollar weather disasters of 2025, according to data

The U.S. faced 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the first half of 2025, totaling $101.4 billion in damages, according to data from Climate Central. January's Los Angeles ... Read More

California storm triggers evacuation in wildfire-scarred LA neighborhoods over mudslide fears

LOS ANGELES — A rare October storm arrived in California on Tuesday and threatened to pummel wildfire-scarred Los Angeles neighborhoods with heavy rain, high winds and possible mudslides. Some homes ... Read More

LA fires and 13 other disasters cost the US over $100 billion, estimates show

This year’s extreme weather disasters have wreaked so much destruction that they collectively eclipse the annual GDP of more than 100 countries and come close to New York City’s massive budget, the ... Read More