When the Palisades Fire started near a hiking trail in Los Angeles on January 7—quickly spreading to more than 200 acres in ...

The Chaparral high school girls soccer team, which has won five state titles since 2017, is seeking to get back to its ...

Chaparral, Calif.’s fire-adapted ecosystem, often goes overlooked. That is, except for when the high severity firestorms blaze through human communities. Chaparral was quickly lambasted during ...

The mountains and foothills of Los Angeles County are in “extreme drought” conditions, about 36% of the county, explained ...

Where chaparral plants cover a broad area and are uniformly old and senescent, fires tend to be large and devastating. The National Park Service notes, “Southern California chaparral and coastal ...

Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting ...