Summer Lin and Terry Castleman Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — As California struggles to defend itself against increasingly destructive urban wildfires, recent fire deaths in Altadena highlight what researchers say is a growing trend in victim demographics. Up...

Jenny Jarvie - Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — A spark from a malfunctioning transmission line ignited a fire. Before long, gale-force winds whipped the flames into a mighty firestorm that tore through the Sierra Nevada foothills at the rate of one football...