Amid the charred rubble of burnt-down homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, you’ll find one Chautauqua ...

Years before the L.A. fires, Orchard Hills faced a fire of its own — and came out mostly unscathed due to a long ...

A Valley company that produces fire-resistant building materials says it's seeing increased demand after the recent California wildfires.

The all-electric home in Palo Alto is made with steel framing and wrapped in fire-resistant panels. Photo courtesy SIDCO. Nearly every inch of this 1,901-square-foot home was engineered to be ...

“Protecting your home from flames and embers is key to it not burning down,” said Teryl Ciarlo, founder of Teryl Designs Landscaping in Pacific Palisades, where one of the most damaging fires hit and ...

The state can't make people protect their homes and neighborhoods better until it makes the government finish writing the ...

Disasters like wildfires are only set to become more frequent amid climate change. Architects are designing for resilience.

Houses and fire do not mix. The firestorm which hit Los Angeles in January destroyed nearly 2,000 buildings and forced 130,000 people to ...

If you’re considering adding an apple tree to your home landscape this spring, it’s important to choose an appropriate ...

One-third of Americans live within two miles of the wildland-urban interface, or WUI, meaning roughly 100 million Americans are at risk of wildfires. That’s 45 million residences that could be ...

Residents can be reimbursed up to 50 per cent of the cost of adding various wildfire mitigation measures to their homes.