But Vance’s description of decades-long dry reservoirs is misleading. Experts on California’s water management told us they were not aware of any major reservoir that has been dry for 15 years or more ...

As a disastrous fire continues to burn on the city’s west side, some are calling Chief Kristin Crowley to account: Why wasn’t ...

T housands of personnel—firefighters, first responders, and the National Guard—have turned their attention towards stifling ...

The business aviation ecosystem has been playing a role in helping mitigate the wildfires that have raged through the Los ...

A year-old clip of a plane crashing near the Chilean city of Talca has resurfaced online in connection to firefighting ...

Days of extreme and unusual heat preceded Chile’s wildfires in February of 2024. Temperatures soared to the upper 30s – more ...

A post on X purports to show GoPro footage of firefighters fighting wildfires currently ravaging Los Angeles. Verdict: False ...

Credit rating agency S&P placed a credit watch warning on Los Angeles’s general obligation and municipal improvement lease revenue bonds, signaling at least a one-in-two chance ...

Al Jazeera posted a similar clip showing the crash in January 2024, predating the California wildfires by a year.

The article noted that the video was from Chile and not Los Angeles, as claimed. We, then, ran relevant keyword searches and ...

American tennis player Taylor Fritz is donating the prize money he earned for his first-round victory at the Australian Open ...

An illegal drone collided with a plane fighting Los Angeles fires on January 9, but there have been no reports of a crash ...