Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times

Alex Wigglesworth

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles, CA, United States

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Past articles by Alex:

California hopes to encourage more 'good fire'

The prescribed fire claims fund can cover losses in the rare event a prescribed or cultural burn escapes and causes damage. → Read More

False report of active shooter draws police to Ontario Mills mall

A false report of an active shooter drew police to Ontario Mills mall Monday, investigators said. → Read More

Metrolink, Amtrak resume full service through Orange County after landslide

Full Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train service is resuming in Orange County after crews clear landside debris in San Clemente. → Read More

Newsom touts $60-million plan for 'fishway' along Yuba River

Officials announce plans to build a channel around DaGuerre Point Dam, so that salmon, steelhead, sturgeon and lamprey can access spawning habitat upstream. → Read More

Almost 40% of land burned by western wildfires can be traced to carbon emissions

Carbon emissions from fossil fuels and cement production are making western forests drier and more susceptible to wildfire, researchers say. → Read More

California wildfire season: Grass fires are the wild card

Forecasters say portions of California could get a break this wildfire season, but at lower elevations the outlook is uncertain. → Read More

This tribe was barred from cultural burning for decades — then a fire hit their community

Members of the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation became the latest Indigenous tribe to watch homes burn despite knowing it could have been avoided. → Read More

Discovery of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in L.A. wastewater sparks worry

Resistance to antibiotics could become the next pandemic unless action is taken, researchers say. → Read More

Wildfires are getting worse. Can scientists save California’s forests from going up in smoke?

As California struggles with an increase in extreme wildfires, researchers are studying exactly what a healthy or fire-resistant forest looks like. → Read More

Forest Service resumes prescribed fire program, but some fear new rules will delay projects

The U.S. Forest Service is resuming its prescribed burning program with new rules that it says will minimize the risk of fires escaping control and damaging communities. The announcement comes afte… → Read More

Forest Service resumes prescribed fire program, but some fear new rules will delay projects

Some experts say the restrictions create more barriers to doing controlled burns precisely when the need for them is most acute. → Read More

Northern California wildfire wipes out neighborhood with frightening speed

The Mill fire in Siskiyou County destroys the historically Black neighborhood of Lincoln Heights in Weed, officials said. → Read More

In California wildfires, risk of death increases with age

All four deaths in the McKinney fire highlight how older people are more vulnerable to wildfires and more likely to live where they are commonplace. → Read More

Man shot and killed in Echo Park

A man was shot and killed in the 1900 block of Echo Park Avenue on Friday. → Read More

Man fatally shot at Beverly Grove gas station; suspects remain at large

The occupants of the victim's vehicle included rapper Quando Rondo, who appeared unharmed, according to TMZ. → Read More

Even a limited nuclear war could kill a third of world’s population, study shows

A nuclear conflict involving less than 3% of the world’s stockpiles could kill a third of the world’s population within two years, researchers say. → Read More

Burglars crash car into Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills, police say

The suspects made off with undisclosed items, potentially handbags, police said. → Read More

Evacuations lifted after chemical reaction in Riverside County rail car raised explosion fears

Authorities were still asking the public to avoid the area near Harvill and Oleander avenues in Perris, where a railroad tank car carrying styrene overheated. → Read More

Orange County sheriff's deputy accused of sexually assaulting two inmates

Arcadio Rodriguez, 30, is accused of sexually assaulting two women while they were incarcerated at Theo Lacy jail. → Read More

McKinney fire landslide kills scores of fish in Klamath River

Flash flooding in a Northern California burn scar triggered a massive debris flow that is now suspected of killing scores of Klamath River fish. → Read More