The London Fire Commissioner, Dany Cotton, has today announced she will be stepping down from her position at London Fire Brigade on 31 December.

Andy Roe, who was appointed as the new London Fire Commissioner, responds to report

Today the Brigade’s first ever woman Commissioner Dany Cotton leaves London Fire Brigade after 32 years. Her long career has seen her break new ground for women in the fire service and open up the discussion around mental health issues in the emergency services.

London Fire Brigade’s first Commissioner in 75 years to have served as a commissioned officer in the British army has today sign a covenant with the UK armed forces.

Firefighters are issuing urgent #StayHomeStaySafe advice as millions of people enter their first full week of working from home amidst the Coronavirus pandemic

Scientists are using the coronavirus to study the contagion of misinformation

Some solar workers have been ordered down from rooftops after neighbors called the police, solar industry officials say.

In all, the state received some 3 million surgical masks made by BYD, a company known for building electric vehicles with an assembly plant in Los Angeles County.

Marc Ching, a prominent Southern California animal rights advocate, has agreed to stop pitching an herbal supplement as a remedy for COVID-19.

Job seeking in an uncertain economy is difficult enough. Throw in fears of contracting the coronavirus, home quarantines and hiring freezes, and the hunt becomes harder.

The coronavirus shutdowns have led to devastating losses in advertising revenue to newspapers, including the L.A. Times.

Travel has changed since the global pandemic began its trip around the world. Here are things that can help you navigate these difficult times and plan for the future.

Amid a public health crisis, trust in governments is rising, while trust in businesses, and in particular, CEOs has fallen sharply, a report says.

About 1,900 Airbnb employees will be affected by the layoffs, CEO Brian Chesky said.

Justices hear a dispute over Trump administration rules to limit contraception requirements. Hospitalized Ruth Bader Ginsburg calls in.

Tourism officials estimate 75% of Los Angeles travel-related workers have been furloughed.

The prestigious Hoag Hospital wants to exit its partnership with a Catholic healthcare system.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdown have left many restaurants uncertain about their future.

Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu, who grew up in her parents' restaurant in Arcadia, is determined not to let the coronavirus close the family business.

Former child star Quinn Cummings put her mixology hobby to work, first as a morale boost for pals, then as a fundraiser for an L.A. cat rescue.

The program will provide $66 a day per senior in funding for daily meals. Newsom said the effort will launch immediately, focused on seniors who are at risk for COVID-19 or have limited income.

This garlic knots recipe from Milo & Olive is easy: Stuff pizza dough with garlic confit, brush with garlic oil and bake until golden.

Milo & Olive gives us the recipe for their giant garlic knots, which the restaurant now also offers as a take-and-bake item

Home cooks can get sushi-grade fish and dry-aged steaks for cheap, but at what cost?

The Carranza family worked on the McGrath Family Farm for more than 20 years. Just as they sought to go into the strawberry business on their own, the coronavirus hit.

The COVID-19 shutdown is affecting the flow of essential Oaxacan ingredients to L.A.

This buttery, silky scrambled egg recipe comes together in five minutes and uses chopsticks to make cooking easy.

With plenty of chilled champagne and fresh orange juice on hand, you can mix mimosas easily. For a more potent cocktail, add a splash of liqueur.

Bill Addison names his favorite places for Vietnamese sandwiches.

This easy mimosa recipe with Champage, orange juice and liqueur is the best cocktail for a Mother's Day brunch at home.

These cleaning tips will help you wash dishes efficiently and get them extra clean. Plus, they may help you find the joy of cleaning up.

Andrea Bartz's novel, "The Herd," is a mystery wrapped around a parody of The Wing

In a coronavirus quarantine diary, 'The Other Americans' author Laila reads 'The Bell Jar,' recommends Kiese Laymon's 'Heavy' and watches 'Devs.'

DePaola wrote or illustrated more than 270 children's books, sold nearly 25 million copies and had his books translated into more than 20 languages.

In the second installment of the United We Read project, a homebound writer travels a quarantined country through books.

A union statement is "disappointed" with how Powell's Books has been informing the public about staffing after laying off most of its employees.

How Robert Kolker came to write "Hidden Valley Road," about the Galvin family and the disease that tore through them, with such empathy.

Kathryn Scanlan, taut new story collection, "The Dominant Animal," probes power relationships in uncertain times. She talks about L.A. and COVID-19.

In a virtual meet-up, "Almost Home" author Fanny Singer and mother and famed chef Alice Waters join book club readers April 21 for a kitchen conversation.

Ross Thomas delivered 25 novels populated by colorful, chameleonic characters. Among them: "Briarpatch," now a USA Network series.

In his quarantine diary, "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" author Alexander McCall Smith writes lyrics, reads Auden and watches "Brideshead Revisited."

With libraries closed, L.A. librarians now work from home to help people find free ebooks, music and movies during the coronavirus crisis.

In "The World Without Us," Alan Weisman imagined how the Earth would look if humans vanished. Is the COVID-19 lockdown making that a reality?

Writer turns to guided journal for Michelle Obama's "Becoming" to grapple with anxiety and cabin fever during coronavirus crisis.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be reading children's books in a weekly series of videos for Penguin Random House and PBS Kids through May 11.

The author of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" lives that perfect, self-improving quarantine life (or maybe gets drunk and watches British reality TV).

Rishi Reddi's "Passage West" plumbs an important story of Indian immigrant farmers, but isn't quite up to the task as fiction

Emily St. John Mandel chronicles a global pandemic and financial crisis in her novels, 'Station Eleven' and 'The Glass Hotel.'

The author of "Sweetbitter" juggles child care and promoting her new L.A. area memoir, "Stray," reads poetry and takes solace in "The Office."

The journalist ("The Looming Tower") and playwright ("My Trip to Al Qaeda") discusses his frightening and eerily prescient novel, "The End of October."