Extreme conditions helped fuel the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists are working to figure out how climate change played a role in the disaster.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck near York Harbor, Maine, on Monday, approximately 7 miles south of the coastal area, according to the United States Geological Survey.

PORTLAND (WGME) – A Maine Forest Ranger battling California’s wildfires is sharing an update on the region's progress. Nearly two weeks ago, Governor Janet Mills sent eight forest rangers to California to help first responders on the ground. Right now, the rangers are working to put out a huge fire just north of Santa Clarita.

LOS ANGELES — More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, as parched Southern California endured another round of dangerous winds and two major previous blazes continued to smolder.

Viral posts suggest Google Maps imagery shows a human trafficking plea in L.A., but police say there's no evidence of nefarious activity.

A local planner told me southern Maine is attracting climate refugees who want to live with less chance of dangerous heat, drought or wildfire.

Los Angeles has long been a kind of dreamscape, the city of the silver screen, on the edge of a great ocean, that draws in people from all over the world, despite the looming threats of being shaken by earthquakes or scorched by wildfires. Many great ...

The governor tapped former LA Laker Magic Johnson, Dodgers chairman, and Olympics 2028 organizer to lead the philanthropic effort.

Two major fires in the Los Angeles area, the Palisades and Eaton fires, have killed at least 27 people and destroyed more than 14,000 structures.

I wanted Midwestern prairies, but we moved to his hometown on the West Coast. He wooed me and wanted L.A. to seduce me. Would it really happen?

Next week marks 100 years since the conclusion of the Great Serum Run, also known as the Great Race of Mercy, to deliver life-saving medication to the Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome. The town was hundreds of miles from anywhere,

The L.A. Times Features team shares the places that have helped them amid uncertainty, be it a hot spring, cool desert, calming beach or beloved theme park.