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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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

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

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,

According to ESPN, the Green Bay Packers are hiring DeMarcus Covington to be their defensive line coach. Last season was Covington’s first as the Patriots defensive coordinator.

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.

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a contagious disease known as the “strangling angel” for the way it suffocated children.