AB 469 seeks to close loopholes and strengthen sentences for looting and fake first responders in disaster zones.

The vast majority of those offenses were committed by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department ... "The thousands of violations committed by the L.A. County Sheriff highlights just how unfamiliar ...

Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los ...

Over 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday. Los Angeles County sheriff's officials didn't provide new information on evacuations Thursday. There were no reports of homes ...

Robert Jensen, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, urged everyone in the impacted area of the new blaze -- dubbed the Hughes Fire -- to leave immediately. "We've seen the devastation ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters. Fueled by dry, windy conditions, the blaze had scorched 9,400 acres by Wednesday afternoon, Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony ...

Robert Jensen of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department urged everyone in the fire-affected area to leave immediately and not suffer the same fate as some in the devastating fires that hit ...

according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The moment the fire erupted was captured on camera from a U.C. San Diego camera. Massive columns of smoke were rising above the burn area ...

The Hughes Fire has spread to over 8,000 acres in Los Angeles County's Castaic area on Wednesday as dry vegetation and brutal Santa Ana winds continue to boost fire conditions across Southern ...

A fast-growing brush fire forced evacuation orders in the Los Angeles County community of Castaic on Wednesday, officials said. The blaze, which officials named the Hughes Fire, was first reported ...

LATEST Jan. 23, 8:45 a.m. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County continued to burn Thursday morning, but locals and first responders had some reason for optimism despite ...