Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Homes lie in ruins on Somera Road in Bel-Air in February 1962, three months after the Bel-Air fire destroyed 484 homes. (Frank ...

Thick, yellow fire hoses crisscrossed the deck of a home in the Santa Monica Mountains, off a narrow, winding road between Malibu and Calabasas on Tuesday morning. Nearly a week earlier, the Palisades ...

Santa Barbara’s nickname as “the American Riviera” may sound like an overreach. But spend time driving into hillside neighborhoods where winding roads lead to balconies and patios on Spanish-style ...

SAN BERNARDINO — A fast-moving wildfire that swept into a Southern California hillside community this week destroyed five homes and damaged three others, authorities said Tuesday. Called the Edgehill ...

A proposed home for two Hollywood executives is at the focus of a legal battle that accuses Los Angeles land use officials of repeatedly flouting environmental and other rules. Crane Boulevard Safety ...

As anyone who has driven by Vivian Mo and Michael Trobisch's striking accessory dwelling unit knows, living on a hillside above one of Silver Lake's busiest intersections can be like living in a ...

Ever since humans started building (about 10,000 years ago), settlers looking for sites to build new villages or homesteads have kept a simple list of criteria: access to water, proximity to arable ...