As expected, the charges against suspected arsonist Harry Burkhart are continuing to mount, as today prosecutors are expected to add a whopping 63 additional criminal counts to the 37 counts Burkhart already faces. That brings the total of criminal counts Burkhart currently will face up to 100. more ›

Suspected arsonist Harry Burkhart is reportedly under investigation in Vancouver, Canada, according to the L.A. Times. Burkhart, 24, lived in Vancouver prior to living in Los Angeles, and drives a van with British Columbia plates. more ›

When investigators searched the home of arson suspect Harry Burkhart they turned up something interesting: news clippings of arson cases in Germany and Los Angeles. Some of the news clippings included stories about car blazes set in Germany last year, but investigators would not comment on whether Burkhart was considered a suspect in those cases. more ›

The arraignment of arson suspect Harry Burkhart has been postponed until later this month. Burkhart, 24, is scheduled to be arraigned January 24. more ›

Harry Burkhart will face 37 felony counts of arson when he is arraigned in a Los Angeles court this afternoon. Burkhart, 24, is suspected of setting cars and carports ablaze during a four-night spree in Hollywood, West Hollywood, North Hollywood, and Burbank. more ›

On the heels of the recent four-day rash of 53 arson fires in Hollywood, West Hollywood, North Hollywood, Burbank and Sunland, councilmembers are calling on the Department of Building and Safety to expedite building permit reviews for victims. more ›

Shervin Lalezary, the unassuming Beverly Hills lawyer (it turns out that's not an oxymoron), is getting his moment in the spotlight after nabbing the Hollywood arson suspect. more ›

Dorothee Burkhart, the mother of suspected spree arsonist Harry Burkhart, is "wanted in Germany on 19 counts of fraud, most stemming from allegations that she bilked apartment renters out of security deposits," reports City News Service. more ›

Dorothee Burkhart, the mother of Harry Burkhart, the 24-year-old suspected arsonist who set cars and carports ablaze all over Los Angeles on a 4-day spree, is due in court this afternoon for a detention hearing. more ›

The man accused of setting fires around L.A. over the past week might have been acting out over his mother's pending deportation. At the time of his arrest, 24-year-old Harry Burkhart told officers, "I hate America," more ›

A string of fires that broke out overnight, mostly cars parked in carports in Hollywood and West Hollywood, had the Los Angeles Police Department on tactical alert as emergency personnel worked to put out the suspicious blazes. Officials believe it is the work of an arsonist. more ›

An arson suspect was shot and wounded by a sheriff's deputy early Saturday after opening fire on firefighters. As firefighters arrived on the scene, the arson suspect began firing at them with a gun. Firefighters took cover and radioed for help, and a passing sheriff's deputy shot and wounded the suspect. more ›

The man thought to be behind a series of fires in North Hollywood is Kurt K. Bille, a 34-year-old ex-Marine who was convicted for setting a rash of high-profile fires in Japan a decade ago, reports L.A. Now. more ›

Gordon Grant, an Inglewood man who set fire to his mother's SUV with her inside on Sunday, has been charged with attempted murder and two other felony crimes by the District Attorney's office today. more ›

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a number of fires that have been deliberately set in North Hollywood over the past few weeks, reports the Daily Breeze. The arrest was made following another fire that was set in a mobile home in the 7300 block of Farmdale Avenue around 4:30 this morning. more ›

Gordon Grant, a 40-year-old Southland man, allegedly set fire to his 68-year-old mother's Ford Explorer with her locked inside of the vehicle on Sunday, as reported by CBS LA. The mother escaped the vehicle safely, and firefighters extinguished the flames. more ›

Authorities responding to a call of a trash fire in an alley at Avenue 28 and Figueroa Street in Cypress Park early this morning discovered that what was on fire was a deceased human body. The victim, thought to be a male, was wrapped in a tarp, but burned beyond recognition. more ›

The serial arsonist setting North Hollywood ablaze is still on the loose. "The Los Angeles Fire Department’s Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section has now been called is working closely with officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Community Police Station in an active, ongoing investigation," notes a news release. more ›

An arsonist is being hunted in connection with "at least 14 car, mobile home and apartment fires" in North Hollywood over the past two days, says CBS Local. more ›

Anti-Panda sentiment? A loathing of pencils and rulers bedecked with animals? Triggered by T-Shirts targeted at tourists? The motive for a suspect to set a gift shop at the San Diego Zoo ablaze has yet to be determined, but police say the cause was indeed arson. more ›

$250,000 in damage caused by a Saturday morning fire at Bloomington High School in San Bernardino County was the result of arson, fire investigators believe, reports KTLA. "Firefighters responded to the blaze about 3:49 a.m. at the high school at 10750 Laurel Ave. in an unincorporated part of San Bernardino County. The fire burned inside the school's administration building, according to a news release." more ›

"On April 29, 1986, a major emergency fire at the Los Angeles Central Library was so challenging, it required more than 350 firefighters and nearly every facet of the department before it was knocked down," explains the Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society. "The tough firefight used 60 fire fighting companies, 1 arson unit, 9 paramedic rescue ambulances, 3 helicopters, 4 salvage companies, 1 squad, 2 emergency air units, a heavy utility company, and more than 40 staff and support personnel." more ›

A Santa Clarita resident who shares a home with several roommates says he was the target of an apparent hate crime. Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Deputies were dispatched on a call of a vehicle fire at the home, according to a release issued by the LASD, and the victim, an African-American male, said he initially heard noises coming from outside the front of the home. In his driveway was "his 2009 Scion fully engulfed in flames." more ›

A carport fire at an apartment building in Los Feliz left four vehicles destroyed and another eight melted, according to KTLA. The fire was reported early this morning in the 4500 block of Los Feliz Boulevard. Some of the windows in the above apartment units were blown out, though no one was injured. Arson investigators were called to the scene, according to a report aired on CBS2, however they have not yet determined how or why the fire was started. more ›

Police in Hawaiian Gardens are searching for a man who "allegedly doused his girlfriend with a flammable liquid and then set her on fire," reports KTLA. Arson and explosives investigators were sent to the 11800 block of Civic Center Drive about 11:00 p.m. on Saturday evening where they discovered a woman had been set on fire. The victim suffered third degree burns on 60 percent of her body and is listed in critical condition at a local hospital. The suspect, identified as the victim's boyfriend, remains at large. more ›

Beyond the 11,000 or so affected LADWP customers in the city of Los Angeles, Southern California Edison is reporting that close to 23,000 of their customers are without power. The hardest hit area was Whittier with 2,366 outages, followed by Carson and Long Beach with 1,709 and 1,292 outages, respectively. The utility said demand for energy hit its record peak usage for the year. more ›

A Northridge apartment was set on fire early this morning after a suspect or two threw molotov cocktails at it, according to KTLA. The news comes on the heels of a Monday morning molotov cocktail attack in Long Beach, but no connections have been confirmed. This morning's incident took place on the 8600 block of Wilbur Avenue around 4:30 a.m. There were no injuries and damage was sustained to a screen door along with a charred wall and sidewalk. more ›

This afternoon a brush fire that grew to about 40 acres tore through Santa Clarita, at times threatening around 50 homes homes in the Brookview Terrace area. more ›

A bondage club located near LAX was allegedly set afire yesterday, and firefighters found the charred remains of a man thought to be the business' owner inside. more ›