The department is down hundreds of officers from its 2019 ranks and projects that it will continue to dwindle in fiscal year 2025.

The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested two individuals on Tuesday who admitted to setting fires outside of the wildfire zones.​

Law enforcement and prosecutors are geared up for scammers who are expected to exploit relief for victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Three active fires in Los Angeles neared full containment Sunday, as the region receives much-needed rain that has produced flood and mudslide warnings lasting through Monday. Saturday, 4:00 p.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 87% containment, the Eaton Fire at 95% containment and the Hughes Fire at 92% containment.

Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Steve Lurie will begin work as UCLA’s associate vice chancellor for campus and community safety Feb. 1. Laurie replaces Rick Braziel, the former Sacramento Police Department chief who temporarily headed the Office of Campus and Community Safety since it was established in May after the university came under heavy criticism

The 10,396-acre Hughes fire reached 56% containment Friday as first responders made progress controlling multiple blazes burning in Los Angeles County, which is expected to receive rain over the weekend that could be capable of producing floods and mudslides in several burned areas.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s CEO Janisse Quinones now has a 24/7 LAPD detail in response to the threats, the sources said.

"We have people who will go to all ends to do what they do," said LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell after a man dressed in a firefighter jacket and helmet allegedly burglarized homes

The LAPD hasn't made any statements mentioning "persons of interest." The LA Fire Department said it is still investigating the cause of the fires.

Two people were arrested for arson in separate incidents just outside the fire zone on Wednesday, according to the LAPD. In one incident, a citizen extinguished a fire in a tree and detained an arson suspect, police said. That suspect admitted to starting the fire because he "liked the smell of burning leaves," police said.

L.A. County needs federal aid. But the supervisors also want to protect immigrants from a Trump crackdown. Will one win out?

Los Angeles authorities have arrested a man after a brush fire broke out in the Griffith Park neighborhood on Monday afternoon, according to the LAPD.