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

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

Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the ...

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 ...

The dwindling chaparral — indigenous plants that are more fire resistant ... Unlike other parts of the world, Southern California rarely gets lightning-caused fires or fires combusting through ...

Southern California could transform itself into ... Cognitive Dissonance in the Shrublands,” Although counterintuitive, chaparral plant communities are much more resilient to infrequent, high ...