Federal officials arrested a man they said started a small blaze in January that later rekindled and grew into the fire that devastated Pacific Palisades. By Jill Cowan Reporting from Los Angeles ...

Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with igniting the January fire that destroyed Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood. Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli says Jonathan Rinderknecht was a ...

The fire, along with the Eaton Fire, erupted on Jan. 7 and burned for weeks. The two fires combined claimed at least 31 lives.

An arrest has been made in connection with the Palisades Fire, which caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year, sources close to the investigation ...

Federal authorities unsealed charging documents that allege that Jonathan Rinderknecht started a fire that would become the fatal Palisades Fire.

A Florida man has been arrested, accused of starting what became the deadly and destructive "Palisades Fire" on Jan. 1, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. The Palisades Fire killed 12 people, burned ...

The Lachman fire in the Palisades ignited days before the Palisades fire. Even then, it prompted suspicion that it led to the catastrophic Palisades fire.

At around midnight on Jan. 1, 2025, Jonathan Rinderknecht started the Lachman Fire in the hills of the Pacific Palisades, according to a federal indictment released Wednesday. The fire was kept small ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department has released a report detailing the challenges, successes, and failures of their response to the Palisades Fire, which was started by a suspect who was recently ...

Rick Crawford, a former battalion chief for the LAFD, said Jonathan Rinderknecht showed signs of “typical firebug behavior.” ...

Federal authorities arrested a man accused of sparking a California blaze on New Year’s Day that eventually became the Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes and killed a dozen ...