Mandatory evacuation orders are in place for residents in San Gabriel Valley communities such as La Cañada Flintridge, Altadena, and Sierra Madre.

California firefighters battled wind-whipped wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes and clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled.

You’re not imagining it. Traffic congestion worsened last year in just about every American city studied by navigation and ...