Fire-hardened house offers lessons on rebuilding Los Angeles The house that Michael Kovac built is the only one on his street still standing after a huge fire raced through his Los Angeles neighborhood.

The devastating wildfires in and around Los Angeles have been completely contained after burning for three weeks, state officials said late Friday. Cal Fire, the state of California's firefighting agency,

As Los Angeles recovers from its devastating wildfires, environmental engineers, urban planners and natural disaster experts are casting forward with visions of what could come next for neighborhoods that have been reduced to ash and rubble.