When hills are healthy, vegetation can anchor the soil in place. But when that is burned off, hillsides become vulnerable to erosion, and slopes can come crashing down.

Why the 28-year-old actor and singer isn’t afraid to enter the increasingly crowded ready-to-drink alcohol market.

Hailee Steinfeld has been on your radio, on movie screens and now she will be part of your parties. On Wednesday, Feb. 12, ...

St. Paddy’s Day might be a booze-centric holiday, but can I be honest? I never want to taste (or see) another green beer ...

A popular rum and coffee liqueur, Kahlúa complements an array of drink styles, from refined cocktails to super sweet and ...

As crews continue to clean up debris from the rain that's already passed, more rain in the forecast is again raising concerns about mudslides in burn scar areas. KTLA's Chris Wolfe reports live on Feb ...

Through the power of social media and some community organizing, volunteers helped an elderly couple dig their home out of ...

More than an inch of rain fell in parts of Los Angeles Monday afternoon, triggering flash flood watches and warnings in areas scorched by this month's wildfires.

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Coca-Cola has recalled some of its soft drinks in Europe after higher-than-normal levels of a chemical called chlorate were detected in bottles and cans at a production plant in ...

In 2018, bursts of intense rainfall in burn-scar areas from the Thomas fire, which burned 281,893 acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara County, triggered a catastrophic mudslide in Montecito that ...

Southern California will clock a few more tense hours as showers continue to soak the burn-scarred landscape around Los Angeles. While the rains are helping fight wildfires that have killed at least ...