SEARCH FOR VICTIMS CONTINUES AS DEATH TOLL REACHES 15

At least eight of the deaths occurred in Montecito, a wealthy enclave northwest of Los Angeles where celebrities like Rob Lowe and Oprah Winfrey have homes... READ MORE›

MUDSLIDES THREATEN CALIFORNIA AREAS SCORCHED BY WILDFIRES

The weather service saidthe heaviest rainfall was expected in Santa Barbara County from 10 p.m... READ MORE›

'I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD': CALIFORNIA TEEN FOUND ALIVE UNDER DEBRIS

MONTECITO, Calif. -- Chaos swept across California's Santa Barbara County on Tuesday after a powerful overnight storm hammered the region with heavy rains, leading to... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS TELL HUNDREDS TO LEAVE SPRAWLING RIVERBED HOMELESS CAMP

Officials in Southern California on Monday notified hundreds of homeless people camped out along a dusty riverbed near a baseball stadium that they must mo... READ MORE›

CONTAINMENT REACHES 91 PERCENT AROUND HUGE CALIFORNIA FIRE

That tops Cal Fire's budgeted amount for firefighting by 272 million with six months left in the fiscal year, the Times said... READ MORE›

STARFISH MAKING WEST COAST COMEBACK AFTER SYNDROME KILLED MILLIONS

Sea stars are being spotted in Southern California tide pools and elsewhere, the Orange County Register reported Tuesday... READ MORE›

STARFISH MAKING COMEBACK ON U.S. WEST COAST AFTER SYNDROME KILLED MILLIONS

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA - Starfish are making a comeback on the West Coast, four years after a mysterious syndrome killed millions of them... READ MORE›

THOMAS FIRE BECOMES CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST BLAZE OF ALL TIME

This season is also the most destructive wildfire season ever in California... READ MORE›

OFFICIALS LIFT MOST CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE EVACUATIONS

At its peak, the fire drove about 100,000 people from their homes in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA FIRE NOW SECOND-LARGEST IN STATE HISTORY

A wildfire that's burned hundreds of homes in coastal mountains northwest of Los Angeles is now the second-largest blaze in California history... READ MORE›

MASSIVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE NOW HALFWAY CONTAINED

LOS ANGELES AP -- Firefighters took advantage of calm winds in Southern California to reach 50 percent containment of a massive wildfire, officials said... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA: CREWS BATTLE THOMAS BLAZE AS MOURNERS HONOR FIREFIGHTER WHO DIED

Some evacuation orders were lifted in Ventura County, where the blaze began, and officials reported progress in protecting the inland agricultural city of Fillmore... READ MORE›

'BEYOND A PERFECT STORM': WIND-DRIVEN CALIFORNIA FIRE NEARS RECORD

0 51 Firefighters in southern California are working overtime to protect homes in Los Angeles... READ MORE›

ASH RAINS ON MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR HOMES IN BATTLE AGAINST ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S WORST WILDFIRES EVER

California Governor Jerry Brown has said that the wildfires ravaging his state should serve as a warning to parts of the world threatened by climate change... READ MORE›

ARMY OF FIREFIGHTERS TAKES ON STILL-GROWING CALIFORNIA FIRE

The Thomas Fire, the third-largest in California history, has been burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties since it erupted Dec. 4... READ MORE›

NEW POWERFUL WINDS TO TEST FIRE CREWS

Hot and dry Santa Ana winds have ignited wildfires across Southern California... READ MORE›

FIREFIGHTER BECOMES SECOND FATALITY IN MASSIVE CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN INFERNO

A return of gusty Santa Ana winds brought renewed activity to inland portions of the so-called Thomas Fire straddling coastal Ventura and Santa Barbara counties... READ MORE›

FIREFIGHTER DIES WORKING AT HUGE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE

A return of gusty Santa Ana winds brought renewed activity to inland portions of the so-called Thomas Fire straddling coastal Ventura and Santa Barbara counties... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA FIRES UPDATE: LATEST ON THOMAS, LILAC, CREEK AND SKIRBALL WILDFIRES

The largest fire in Southern California this week, the Thomas Fire burned through 237,500 acres by Wednesday afternoon... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES: MORE EVACUATIONS AS THOMAS FIRE RAGES ON

The fires burning across Southern California have forced the evacuation of more 200,000 people and destroyed around 1,000 buildings... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA'S THOMAS FIRE GROWS TO FIFTH LARGEST IN HISTORY AS STARS EVACUATE

The wind-swept blazes have forced tens of thousands of evacuations and destroyed dozens of homes in Southern California... READ MORE›

FIREFIGHTERS PROTECT COASTAL CALIFORNIA TOWNS AS BLAZE RAGES

Meanwhile, containment increased on other major blazes in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego counties... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE RAGES TOWARD SCENIC COASTAL COMMUNITIES

The fires burning across Southern California have forced the evacuation of more than 200,000 people and destroyed some 1,000 structures... READ MORE›

NEW EVACUATIONS ORDERED AS WINDS REINVIGORATE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE

Brown issued emergency proclamations last week for Santa Barbara, San Diego, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, freeing up additional resources to fight the infernos... READ MORE›

NEW EVACUATIONS AS HUGE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRE FLARES UP

New evacuations were ordered in Carpinteria, a seaside city in Santa Barbara County that has been under fire threat for days... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA FIRES: LARGEST BLAZE THREATENS SANTA BARBARA AND PROMPTS EVACUATION

Governor Jerry Brown issued emergency proclamations for Santa Barbara, San Diego, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, freeing up additional resources to fight the infernos... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES 'A NEW REALITY' SAYS DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA JERRY BROWN

With climate change, some scientists are saying southern California is literally burning up, he added... READ MORE›

AS WINDS RELENT SCORCHED CALIFORNIA HOPES FOR FIRE RELIEF

California's state fire agency said favorable conditions helped make considerable progress today but warned that residents should remain vigilant as conditions can change quickly... READ MORE›

AS WINDS RELENT SCORCHED CALIFORNIA HOPES FOR FIRE RELIEF

California's state fire agency said favorable conditions helped make considerable progress today but warned that residents should remain vigilant as conditions can change quickly... READ MORE›

FIREFIGHTERS RACE TO CONTAIN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES AS WINDS SET TO STRENGTHEN

The current fires, which have threatened Californians from near Santa Barbara County down the Pacific coast to Mexico, have claimed at least one human casualty... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 14 DEAD IN SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTING NO MOTIVEKNOWN

... They came prepared to do what they did, as if they were on a mission, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said... READ MORE›

AMERICAN WOMAN AMONG THE DEAD

Nohemi Gonzalez, from El Monte, California, was a junior studying design, according to a statement from Cal State Long Beach sent to CNN... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA TRAIN DERAILS AFTER COLLISION WITH LORRY

Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson estimated the train struck the lorry at a speed between 40 mph to 50 mph 65-80km h ... READ MORE›

MYSTERIOUS LIGHT IN NIGHT SKY SENDS CALIFORNIANS INTO TIZZY

The Union-Tribune reported that police and news media in San Diego were flooded with calls at about 6 p.m... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES: RECORD HEAT, FIERCE WINDS FORECAST

Record heat, fierce Santa Ana winds to fuel wildfire threat in California... READ MORE›

BE 'READY TO GO!' SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WARNS RESIDENTS AS FIRES RAGE

Be 'ready to GO!' Southern California warns residents as fires rage... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION APPROACHES PIVOTAL SHOWDOWN WITH OIL INDUSTRY

California Democrats push to curb emissions and promote clean energy would alter how the state does business and change the way residents live... READ MORE›

BEYONCE'S SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE: WHY WAS IT SO SIGNIFICANT?

After an intensely political new music video, Beyonce paid tribute to historical black figures in her Super Bowl show... READ MORE›

'THERE WAS ASH ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE': CALIFORNIANS START TO RETURN HOME AFTER WILDFIRES RIP THROUGH THE STATE

California fires Trump declares state of emergency as flames stretch from San Diego to Ventura County - as it happened... READ MORE›

SAN FRANCISCO COULD BE HIT BY MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE 'ANY DAY NOW', SAYS USGS SCIENTIST

The San Francisco Bay Area could be struck by a major earthquake any day now, says a scientist with the US Geological Survey... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA FIRES BEAR DOWN ON EXCLUSIVE LOS ANGELES SUBURBS

The fires are burning with unusual speed, fuelled by dry weather conditions and unusually fierce Santa Ana winds... READ MORE›

PROTESTERS JAM STREET, SMASH COP CAR OUTSIDE TRUMP RALLY IN CALIF.

Police had placed themselves between the anti-Trump crowd and Trump supporters, many of whom began shouting Build that wall!... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES FLAMES SEEN FROM SPACE

Thousands of people living in California have been forced to flee their homes after a number of wildfires took hold around Los Angeles... READ MORE›

PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT AT TRUMP RALLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Some people in the crowd temporarily blocked a highway entrance and used benches from a hotel to block traffic, The Los Angeles Times reported... READ MORE›

'WE DROVE THROUGH A WALL OF FLAMES'

Fierce dry winds drive California wildfires toward San Diego... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA CANYON FIRE CREATES EERIE ORANGE SKY OVER DISNEYLAND

Posted October 10, 2017 22 29 40 Smoke from a fire sweeping through Southern California has created an eerie orange haze over Disneyland... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA TODAY A SPECIAL FIRE EDITION

That lack of precipitation is one reason fires have exploded across Southern California this week, officials said... READ MORE›

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES FORCE 200,000 PEOPLE TO FLEE

The University of California Santa Barbara cancelled classes as well... READ MORE›

MAN CHARGED WITH ATTACKING UBER DRIVER SUES DRIVER FOR $5M

The now-viral video captured by a dashboard-mounted camera shows Golden repeatedly striking Caban on the trip in Costa Mesa... READ MORE›

COLLEGE STUDENT FROM CALIFORNIA STUDYING ABROAD KILLED IN PARIS ATTACKS

California State University, Long Beach, officials said they could not say at which restaurant Gonzalez was killed... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SIGNS GENDER WAGE-GAP BILL

Equal pay isn't just the right thing for women, it's the right thing for our economy and for California, Jackson said... READ MORE›

Related Nearly 2,000 Fighting Huge Wildfire in California MacLean extensively researched the 2006 Esperanza Fire in Southern California -- one of the state's worst arson wildfires... READ MORE›

WOMAN GETS STUCK INSIDE ONLINE DATE'S CHIMNEY 'FOLLOWING SPLIT'

The chimney had to be broken apart and soapy water used to lubricate Nunez-Figueroa free from its confines after she became trapped... READ MORE›

POWERFUL STORM HITS SOUTHERN CALIF., KNOCKS OUT POWER TO THOUSANDS; 1 DEAD

A powerful Pacific storm rocked Southern California on Sunday, knocking out power to thousands in San Diego and killing at least one person... READ MORE›

STORIES OF THE CALIF. SHOOTING VICTIMS

He was a supervising environmental health specialist for San Bernardino County, according to his LinkedIn profile, supervising the county's land-use protection program... READ MORE›

NEARLY 200,000 PEOPLE FLEE HOMES AS FIFTH WILDFIRE ERUPTS IN CALIFORNIA

Almost 200,000 people have been forced from their homes by wildfires rampaging through California as firefighters on Thursday raced to tackle another new blaze... READ MORE›

WORLD RECORD SET FOR MOST RIDERS ON A SURFBOARD

On Saturday in Huntington Beach, Calif., 66 surfers rode a wave together on a 42-foot surfboard... READ MORE›

RECORD NUMBER OF SEA LION PUP STRANDINGS BLAMED ON WARMER OCEAN

A sea lion pup in care at the Marine Mammal Centre in Sausalito, California... READ MORE›

SEARCH FOR SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTERS' HARD DRIVE CONCLUDES IN CALIFORNIA LAKE

FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said specialized divers with the agency concluded their search through a San Bernardino lake for abandoned evidence... READ MORE›

200,000 EVACUATED AS HURRICANE-STRENGTH WINDS THREATEN TO WHIP UP INFERNO

Some 200,000 people have evacuated ahead of the fires, which have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced hundreds of Los Angeles-area schools to close... READ MORE›