And nine city parks, including Runyon Canyon, are closed until further notice. All parks and trails in the Santa Monica Mountains, and in fire evacuation zones managed by the Mountains Recreation ...

But no expert believes even a Los Angeles completely carpeted with native plants could have impeded the blowtorch of fire that swept through an area deprived of rain and desperately dry.

Los Angeles police arrested a man Monday on suspicion of arson after a small brush fire broke out in Griffith Park under the observatory. The man was allegedly seen by a witness setting a fire in ...