LA County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger responds to reports of residents not receiving text evacuation alerts, and shares updates on rebuilding efforts.

Los Angeles County wants the state to temporarily suspend housing laws in unincorporated areas such as Altadena, so residents can quickly rebuild their homes. Housing advocates say not so fast.

Hundreds of Altadena residents, encouraged by L.A. County Supervisor Barger, vow to return, but we need to balance risks and merits of swiftly rebuilding after the fires.

Crises such as the LA wildfires can make or break political careers as news media and voters judge how leaders respond: Dan Walters

A request by L.A. County to temporarily waive state housing laws drew the ire from advocates who accused the county of skirting efforts aimed at boosting affordable housing.

Evacuations were ordered for remote communities near a huge and fast-moving wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles on Wednesday, as parched Southern California endured another round of dangero

The "extensive" debris removal process is underway in Los Angeles County to clear ... evacuation alert systems. L.A. County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger introduced a motion to retain ...

Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger invited Trump to survey ... conditions to be placed on federal disaster aid to California.

With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.

Here are all the current wildfires burning in Southern California at a glance. Supervisor Kathryn Barger said she sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump inviting him to Los Angeles County ...

LOS ANGELES -- The county Board of Supervisors ... In their motion introduced last week and approved Tuesday, county Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath called for an external ...

In a heated community meeting, furious residents assailed federal officials for trucking electric vehicle batteries and other hazardous materials from Altadena to their area for processing.