Los Angeles officials on Tuesday abruptly stopped a longstanding policy allowing employees to communicate using Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours.

Google Cloud-focused solution provider SADA has confirmed to CRN that it conducted layoffs “across various departments in North America” as “part of our ongoing efforts to align resources with our strategic priorities.”

After wildfires swept through Los Angeles, California, on January 7, 2025, an old clip from 2017 recirculated online in various languages with a false claim that it shows a man rescuing a rabbit from the recent blazes.

Local hotels and city officials are working with Airbnb.org and Google to offer displaced evacuees free or discounted accommodations.

Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily more accurate.

The Los Angeles wildfires recently showed people around the world that celebrity or not, no one is safe from fire.

Google and YouTube have pledged to donate $15 million to ongoing Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts, the latest company to donate

This image is not associated with the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. It shows a house that survived an earlier wildfire in Hawaii.

Here’s what some areas of Los Angeles looked like before the catastrophic blazes — and what they look like like now.

Victor Shaw, 66, found on roadside the morning after refusing to evacuate in order to stay and fight blaze threatening family’s residence in Altadena

As deadly wildfires tore through the Los Angeles area, a picture of a red-roofed house claimed to have miraculously survived the flames circulated online. Some social media posts suggested the home remained untouched due to the religious faith of its owners.

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.