Jonathan Rinderknecht, who lived in the Pacific Palisades in the past, pleaded not guilty in Oct. 2025 to arson-related charges.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal arson trial began Monday for the man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire as the area struggles to rebuild and the aftermath reverberates through the Los ...

A 30-year-old ex-rideshare driver has been accused of setting what eventually became the Palisades fire, the most destructive ...

A federal judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the arson case brought against a man accused of deliberately setting a blaze ...

Six people have been charged with contracting without a license after allegedly trying to solicit business in neighborhoods ...

The federal arson case tied to one of Los Angeles’ deadliest wildfires just hit a major wall. A federal judge declared a ...

Find Firehouse.com’s full coverage of the 2025 California Fire Storm, which began Jan. 7 near Los Angeles, here. LOS ANGELES — Four of the five members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, which ...

Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of deliberately lighting a blaze in 2025 that killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 ...

Bass initially faced criticism about her having gone on an official trip to Ghana as Los Angeles-area residents were being warned about winds that could spark wildfires, then late over the city fire ...

Emergency response leaders told U.S. senators this week that failures by local leadership, not firefighters on the ground, set the stage for the devastating Palisades fire, as Republicans used a ...