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, ...

There’s been a spike in interest in earthen architecture, particularly after a photo was shared on social media showing a ...

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

Fire-Resistant Landscaping " This involves designing landscapes with fire-resistant features, such as incorporating ...

“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 Santa Monica-based architect, Greg Chasen, shared an image on X of a now-famous home he designed that survived the Palisades fire. These are some of the design elements he attributed to its ...

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

Fire experts emphasize the need to replace highly flammable trees like Mexican fan palms and eucalyptus with fire-resistant ...

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 ...

An Irvine, Calif., neighborhood carefully planned to stand up to wildfires was put to the test when all homes there were undamaged by the Silverado fire in 2020. It could now offer a blueprint for ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more fire resistant during wind-driven wildfire after years of delay ...