Scott Schwebke is an investigative reporter for the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., he was previously a breaking news and multimedia ...

An atmospheric river began hammering down in Southern California, bringing heavy rain and triggering mandatory evacuation orders in some areas.

Then the Hurst fire erupted in Sylmar, just a few miles north of their home in Pacoima. Fretting that the fire would move south into their neighborhood, Herrera put her daughters in their car ...

Despite widespread stress, smoke inhalation and other disruptions caused by the January wildfires, a majority of Los Angeles ...

When the Hurst Fire in Sylmar was raging back in January, 16-year-old Joel Alonso felt moments of sheer panic and uncertainty as the flames came dangerously close to people’s homes at Oakridge. While ...

Sunset Fire: East and south of Runyon Canyon; — Hurst Fire: Olive Lane in the Oakridge Mobile Home Park; — Airport burn scar area in Orange County Houses in the warning area with high risk ...

Power outages were reported in the areas surrounding the Eaton Fire in Altadena ... Palisades, Bridge, Hurst, Kenneth, Hughes, Sunset, Lidia and Franklin, officials said.

SMD-E016 The LA Fire Department released a full list of burn areas in the Palisades, Sunset and Hurst fires where evacuation warnings will be in effect from 7 a.m. Wednesday, March 12 until ...