The program works as a coordinator of sorts, simply because it doesn’t have boundaries like a resource conservation district or the U.S. Forest Service.

A series of proposed changes to the city's charter includes language that would give the LAPD chief the power to fire officers outright, a reform long sought by activists.

Six US crew members aboard a refueling plan were killed when it crashed in Iraq. Fighting continues across the Middle East. Follow for live updates.

A strengthening heat dome will send temperatures soaring into the 90s and past 100 degrees across the Southwest, threatening records, accelerating snowmelt and raising wildfire now, then water supply ...