The president’s initial guest list doesn’t include Gov. Gavin Newsom or state forest officials on his trip to the Los Angeles fires — but he’s bringing the head of the Forest Service, a Biden appointee with California experience.

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for certain areas from Jan 26 to 27. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The House of Representatives has passed the Fix Our Forests Act, legislation aimed at sharpening forest management strategies to curb wildfires.

When the Palisades Fire started near a hiking trail in Los Angeles on January 7—quickly spreading to more than 200 acres in 20 minutes, and nearly 3,000 acres by the end of the day—some critics argued that land management was to blame.

Gulch Fire initially started 3:49 p.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for five days. There is currently no information on the containment of the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.

Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dumped ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to stop them before they destroy more neighborhoods.

Los Angeles, United States: Above the roaring fires devastating parts of ... is fire retardant - much of it a product called Phos-Chek that has been used by the US Forest Service since the 1960s. "You can see it so easily ... it's amazing stuff," says ...

Federal investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating two men who were seen on surveillance cameras breaking into a U.S. Forest Service vehicle and stealing critical

Crews from Los Angeles County Fire Department and Angeles National Forest were also attacking the blaze from the ground. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said the Pitchess Detention Centre ...

Maine forest rangers and volunteer firefighters are headed to California to help fight the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Two crews from Maine composed of eight forest rangers and 12 volunteer firefighters will spend two weeks in Southern California to assist in the response and recovery efforts,

Legislation to reduce the impact of increasingly devastating forest fires on US federal land passed the House of Representatives on Thursday as firefighters battled to tame the latest in a series of blazes threatening southern California.

A team of New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers are joining the efforts to battle the wildfires in Los Angeles, Governor Kathy Hochul announced.