The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested two individuals on Tuesday who admitted to setting fires outside of the wildfire zones.​

Los Angeles police said "a male was heard stating a suspect was trying 'to light a fire' near the Kenneth Fire". The allegation was later ruled unfounded.

A large fire in the Calabasas area of Southern California was sparked by an arsonist who is in custody, the Los Angeles Police Department told NewsNation on Thursday night. The post JUST IN: LAPD Says At Least One of the SoCal Fires Was Set By Arsonist,

California governor Gavin Newsom said: “Thanks to the prepositioning of hundreds of personnel and firefighting equipment across Southern California, 11 new fires that broke out overnight were qu ...

At least three people have been arrested in recent days on suspicion of trying to start fires in the area as dangerous winds are returning.

At least 25 people have been killed and more than 40,000 acres burned as the wildfires race through southern California for a ninth day

During a Wednesday morning press conference, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell announced ... Tens of thousands of Southern California Edison customers are without power due to the dangerous red flag ...

Officers in Azusa, California have arrested a man suspected of arson following a brush fire that broke out Friday night in Pioneer Park.

Law enforcement in Southern California detained a possible arson ... Instead, officers arrested him on a felony probation charge, a LAPD spokesperson told USA TODAY by phone.

At least 27 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.

An elderly woman died after a driver hit her and fled the scene in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, authorities said. The crash was reported at about 6:50 p.m. on Monday. The woman, 87,

The Los Angeles water chief has been given a police security detail amid "threats" against her and water employees over the response to wildfires.