Creating defensible space and using hard-to-ignite building materials improve a home’s odds of surviving a conflagration, ...

Most fire victims who opt to rebuild their homes will likely have to upgrade roofs, gutters, attic vents, windows, doors, ...

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

Though you don't have much say over wildfires, there are a variety ways (both big and small) to safeguard your home and ...

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 ...

Professor Daniel López-Pérez is the architecture program director at the University of San Diego. He designed a fire-resistant home he calls the Polyhaus, a 540 square foot home which consists of just ...

SAN DIEGO — In a La Jolla backyard, a University of San Diego professor has created what might be the future of California housing: a fire-resistant home assembled in just three days.

“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 ...

A University of San Diego architecture professor built an incredible, fire-resistant house in his backyard in just three days.