Both of the big Los Angeles fires started on federally managed land. Instead of blaming California, the Trump administration should follow through with disaster aid and make a massive fire safety investment in our state's public lands.

Two portions of the forest will remain closed for safety concerns and so the landscape can recover after the recent wildfires.

For more than a century, conservation policy has focused on economic development and wisely using natural resources.

Set aside for a moment the fact that the link between any mismanaged state forests and the Los Angeles fires is tenuous; the U.S. Forest Service, not California, owns the forest land around the Eaton Fire in Altadena, and the Pacific Palisades is surrounded by chaparral, not overgrown forest.

Flames were devouring hillsides near Castaic Lake, covering more than 3,200ha in just a few hours. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump initial guest list doesn't include Gov. Gavin Newsom or state forest officials on his trip to the Los Angeles fires — but he's bringing the head of the Forest Service, a Biden appointee with California experience.

But as Trump touches down in Los Angeles on Friday to view the latest damage, forest management remains a political vulnerability for Newsom that Republicans have capitalized on since the wildfires started — and that Democrats have struggled to defend against.

The Angeles National Forest has started to reopen Thursday after widespread devastation during the Eaton and Bridge fires.

The drone, which authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9, put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper — a massive fixed-wing plane that can drop large amounts of water onto a fast-moving fire.

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.

Jan. 22, 10:30 a.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 68% containment and the Eaton Fire at 91% containment, listing no other active fires in Los Angeles as a red flag warning is in effect for much the region until Friday evening.

In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, with more than 16,000 homes and other structures damaged or destroyed by two fires in the Los Angeles area.