County Supervisor Kathryn Barger conceded this week that county fire department was responsible for "a gap" between when evacuation alerts were needed and actually ordered.

Outdated policies, gaps in communication, and staff shortages hampered the emergency response to a pair of deadly wildfires that devastated parts of Southern California earlier this year, a report ...

Each new disaster feels uniquely terrible. And each time a fast-moving wildfire strikes Southern California, we’re often surprised by the devastation. But the conditions that drive many of the worst ...

Top findings and recommendations from the McChrystal Group’s after-action review of alerts and evacuations during the Palisades and Eaton fires include updating conflicting and outdated policies and ...