Building experts tell Action News there are roughly 50 ways a fire can burn a house, and eliminating half or more can go a ...

A USD professor designs an innovative solution to California's housing crisis: a sustainable, fire-resistant home assembled in three days using mass timber panels.

Marialyce Pedersen's house was reduced to ash that spilled into the pool, turning the water a toxic black. A sculpted pink ...

But as Los Angeles grapples with blazes that have destroyed thousands of homes in what could be the costliest natural disaster ... and other materials that could catch fire. California already ...

Los Angeles Wildfires Spark Interest in Adobe, Natural Building Materials By ... with walls made of insulating straw and a coating of fire-resistant plaster. Pedersen was one of about 40 people ...