LyondellBasell Industries will begin the permanent closure of its 263,776 barrel-per-day Houston refinery this coming weekend, said people familiar with plant operations. Layoffs of up to 400 employees at the refinery are scheduled to start two months after the shutdown begins,

Houston Mayor John Whitmire says firefighters from Houston have arrived in California to help assist crews battling massive wildfires around the Los Angeles area.

You can drop donations off at Daikin Park, formerly Minute Maid Park, in stadium lot B between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Houston-area firefighters, along with other firefighters across Texas, have been deployed to help battle the California wildfires in Los Angeles County. Crews are expected to be gone for 14 days, but their trip could be extended up to 21 days. Houston-area ...

An oceanfront home owned by a Houston man survived the California wildfires that destroyed the homes next to it.

More than 135 firefighters, emergency management and medical personnel from Texas, along with more than 45 fire engines, ambulances, command vehicles and equipment, have been deployed to the Los Angeles area.

Paul Rahimian’s Los Angeles-based firm sold an 84-percent leased Class B building in the Energy Corridor to an undisclosed buyer.

The Houston Fire Department will join more than 135 emergency responders deployed Jan. 11 to help fight the ongoing wildfires in California.

The Houston Fire Department, alongside several other Texas fire departments, has joined a statewide task force to assist in battling the wildfires in California, particularly those affecting Los Angeles.

The wildfires in Southern California have led to the evacuations of over 130,000 people and have destroyed over 10,000 structures. Overlaying the wildfire outbreak across other major U.S. cities shows that the blaze is one of the worst in United States history, as it continues to spread across residential areas in Los Angeles.

Can growing natural disasters impact the insurance industry? Experts break down how the California wildfires can potentially affect Texans.

Houston-area firefighters are on their way to California as part of a taskforce to help battle the wildfires in Los Angeles County.