Six months after the Eaton and Palisades fires, more than 10,000 parcels have been cleared of debris and rebuilding efforts are moving forward. While home hardening — installing fire resistant vents ...

Rising temperatures and record-setting wildfire activity are changing how Americans think about their outdoor spaces. In January alone, 2,128 fires scorched over 64,000 acres, ranking as the third ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to getting set to move life outdoors, taking care of landscaping—like weeding and hedge pruning—may be a top ...

The Park Fire is the fifth-largest wildfire in the history of California, having burned about 390,000 acres and destroyed more than 400 structures. Authorities say it began when a man pushed a burning ...

In 2017, Grace Diebel’s parents nearly lost their Glen Ellen home in the Nuns Fire, which tore through the upper Sonoma Valley on the same night as the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, destroying 1,355 ...

It’s finally springtime, and many of us are adding new plants to our gardens. That means it is also a good time to review the principles of creating defensible space around our homes. Fire is a normal ...

North America was once a loose, sprawling conversation between landscapes. Soft boundaries linked prairie, savanna, shrub land, forest and marsh. During a dry spell, lightning might spark a fire that ...

Flames torched the hillside, igniting the dry chaparral at Sedgwick Reserve in California’s Santa Ynez Valley. Sagebrush and yucca caught fire like tinder as the flame front advanced, leaving charred ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Six months after the Eaton and ...

Fire-resistant plants don’t have to mean colourless or sparse, as choosing the right ones can shape both form and function in the landscape. Plants like California fuchsia, lavender and agave retain ...

Rising temperatures and record-setting wildfire activity are changing how Americans think about their outdoor spaces. In January alone, 2,128 fires scorched over 64,000 acres, ranking as the third ...