LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles firefighters have made big gains in battling the Sunset fire, which had triggered mandatory evacuation orders in Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills late Wednesday.

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...

Ken Lindenstein and Kolton Kellison were among four Central Whidbey firefighters who journeyed to the Golden State to help ...

BUT THIS YEAR, AS OF 4:00 THIS MORNING, NEARLY 30,000 ACRES HAVE BURNED IN THOSE FIVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES ALONE, AND A TOTAL OF 55 WILDLAND ... Fire, Eaton Fire, Hurst Fire, Sunset Fire ...

Most of those structures were in neighborhoods where the boundaries between human development and natural landscapes blur — the area fire officials and researchers call the wildland-urban ...