The Los Angeles fires are a soul-crushing and city-defining disaster. Callous voices have called it a city-destroying event, but they don’t know Los Angeles very well.

In a matter of hours, entire blocks of the Los Angeles area were destroyed, gutting thriving communities and leaving ...

National Geographic's staff photographer—who has decades of experience covering wildfires—weighs in on why the latest fires are so devastating.

Iconic landmarks such as the Hollywood Sign were engulfed in smoke from the LA wildfires. See before and after photos of famous tourist hotspots.

curid=4434496 Among these treasures is the Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building, a nearly century-old icon of Moderne architecture in downtown Los Angeles. Once a cornerstone of the city's ...