Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles ...

After a report from The Times, officials have called for an external review into delayed evacuation alerts in western ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department has downgraded the evacuation order for a fire in the Granada ... area next week and people may deactivate the alerts because of the frustration with all the ...

Los Angeles County officials are calling for an independent investigation to review the emergency alert system used during ...

For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts. Two major wildfires ... the LA Fire Department issued a series of evacuation orders and warnings on the ...

Ventura County Fire Public Information Officer Andrew Dowd said up-staffing and mutual aid helped firefighters from Ventura ...

Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak issued an executive order that requires advance approval of all Police Department press releases.

As wildfires continue to ravage Southern California for the fourth day, mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect Friday ... Before the fires started, the National Weather Service issued its ...

As of Saturday morning, the center was "complying" with evacuation alerts and was closed, "with only emergency staff on site," Alexandria Sivak, a museum representative, told the USA TODAY Network.