The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms will be conducting controlled fire testing in the Santa Monica Mountains starting ... open flame in a small area that may be visible at a distance ...

Federal investigators concluded a controlled fire near where the Palisades Fire burned to try and determine how it began.

A woman out for a run in the western Santa Monica Mountains in Ventura County quickly stopped when she spotted a mountain lion ahead of her on the trail. Shannon DeVaney had run in the area for years, ...

Ground squirrels at this park have long been a problem for the city, which has been cited by the county for overpopulation ...

“Right now, we’re just hearing nothing,” said Seth Riley, wildlife branch chief at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, as he looked over the scorched ravine on a recent morning.

For years, Don Schmitz has championed installing water tanks along the Santa Monica Mountains to stop wildfires For years, ...

More than 260 Southern California steelhead trout were plucked from their stream in the Palisades fire burn scar and moved to a different area ... inhabiting the Santa Monica Mountains.

Controlled fire testing on the Temescal Ridge Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains concluded earlier than scheduled, authorities said Wednesday. The testing, conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, ...