For the last few weeks, a team of investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has worked out of a command post in the Highlands neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.

When a fire burns in an urban area, it unleashes a slurry of chemicals. Scientists are trying to understand the chemistry at ...

How long will this “war,” which really began almost eight years ago, drag on and how much will it damage Californians?

California wildfire cleanup is complicated by highly combustible lithium-ion batteries found in electric and hybrid vehicles ...

In a heated community meeting, furious residents assailed federal officials for trucking electric vehicle batteries and other ...

For the last few weeks, a team of investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has worked ...

It's here, near a popular hiking trial, where officials believe the Palisades fire began around 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7. The remnants of thousands of burned-out homes line the path the flames took down from ...

Researchers contributing to the ASCENT network of air quality sensors observed spikes in lead and chlorine downwind from the ...