Fires

Lois Arvickson died in her home after burning garbage was dumped nearby and started the Sandalwood fire. Residents struggle to adapt to a new reality.

Southern California Edison is not explaining why it chose to keep electricity running through power lines in Slymar last Thursday, including in an area where the Saddleridge fire ignited.

Road closures and a shelter-in-place order for some residents of Contra Costa County lasted late into the evening.

Southern California Edison tells regulators its system was ‘impacted’ around the time the Saddleridge fire started.

Los Angeles arson investigators have not determined the cause of the Saddleridge fire, but they do know where it started.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday urged PG&E to give money back to hundreds of thousands of customers affected by last week’s outages.

The victims include a veteran L.A. park ranger, an 89-year-old woman, a Porter Ranch man who had a heart attack and an unknown victim.

Tests conducted over the weekend at the Aliso Canyon gas facility showed no detectable levels of methane in the wake of a large wildfire that has charred a 7,900-acre swath in the hills of the northern San Fernando Valley.

Tens of thousands of L.A. residents who fled the Saddleridge fire returned home this weekend as Santa Ana winds died down and cool ocean breezes helped firefighters boost containment.

In the Saddleridge fire in the San Fernando Valley, a man died after suffering a heart attack. In the Sandalwood fire in Calimesa, two people died.

As some residents return to homes in ashes, investigators probe the origin of the Saddleridge fire. A Southern California Edison tower is scrutinized.

Firefighters hope to get the upper hand on the Saddleridge fire in the San Fernando Valley on Saturday, aided by favorable weather conditions.