Are arsonists responsible for starting the LA fires? Most likely not, though it may take months before there are definitive answers. "To jump to any conclusions right now is specu

A new House bill would make it a federal crime to “cause a wildfire, further the spread of a wildfire, or attempt to do either,” according to the bill’s sponsors.

Rain returned to California over the weekend, aiding with the ongoing wildfire fight across the LA area. But the arrival of rain also brought the risk of flash flooding and mudslides in recent burn scar areas.

Two more people are behind bars for allegedly setting small fires in Los Angeles amid high fire-danger conditions and as crews continued efforts to fully contain a pair of destructive blazes.

Los Angeles authorities have arrested a man after a brush fire broke out in the Griffith Park neighborhood on Monday afternoon, according to the LAPD.

The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested two individuals on Tuesday who admitted to setting fires outside of the wildfire zones.​

Footage shows the moment an arson suspect was arrested in Azusa, California, while standing next to a burning tree, as the wildfires in Los Angeles and surrounding California areas continue. Jose Gerardo Escobar was arrested on suspicion of arson at ...

Ed Nordskog understands the mind of an arsonist like few others – and is helping investigators discover the cause of the LA fires

Charges also include non-arson crimes. Keyshon Walker ... including many who have been charged with burglary. Hochman, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office and local authorities have vowed to arrest and prosecute looters ...

Without answers, some in fire-prone California are filling in the gaps themselves ... he said investigators were also examining the possibility of arson. "We had numerous fires in the LA County region almost simultaneously, which leads us to believe ...

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman announced arson charges Friday against six men who set fires around L.A. County in the wake of the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires. A man who ...

Apparently "authorities never find the source of ignition for more than half of all wildfires in the Western U.S.," a "knowledge gap that can hamper prevention efforts." "Fires break out in the wooded areas on the edges of Los Angeles all the time,