The owner of The Ranch Film Studios in Chalmette, Jason Waggenspack, opens up about how a strong U.S. dollar, California wildfire and nearby Texas are hurting the Louisiana film industry.

About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.

A Louisiana native now living in Los Angeles shared how he and others have stepped in to help those in need. Jalen St. Romain, better known as “DJ Noodlez,” a native of the Shreveport ...

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Firefighting aircraft have been key in California’s battle against the wildfires raging in Los Angeles over the past week. An array of aerial firefighters have dropped thousands of gallons of red fire retardant liquid on LA in recent days, but have you ever wondered what all that liquid might do to a car?

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. Louisiana health officials announced the death on Monday.

The California wildfires are hitting too close to home for a woman who used to live in New Orleans. She was forced to evacuate during Hurricane Katrina, and now she’s evacuating once again.

I think this, this fire here, is probably second to Katrina for me.” Harris says the chaos will likely continue, as people are left with no choice but to wait and see what happens. “A lot of people just have no idea where to go from there,

In the wake of the Los Angeles-area wildfires, some U.S. residents seek safety from climate-related calamities.