“The fire is going to be not suspicious,” said Dennis M. Allen, the fire marshal in Ocean County, whose office investigated the fire. The origin of the fire is “undetermined at this time,” Allen said.

Several miles of coastline spanning from Malibu to Santa Monica have been closed indefinitely due to the risk of toxic materials and pollutants from wildfires that burned in the area in recent months.

But when the L.A. fires broke out, scientists aboard an NOAA ship inadvertently became the first investigators on the scene ...

Back-to-back atmospheric river storms are set to hit Los Angeles County this week — giving the region much-needed moisture ...

Several miles of Los Angeles County coastline will remain closed indefinitely due to recent rainfall pushing possibly toxic and carcinogenic debris from the Palisades Fire into the ocean waters.

property and environment and we'e doing our best with the time that we have," said Los Angeles County Ocean Lifeguard Captain Marco Rodriguez. "Obviously this area is affected by the fire so it's ...