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5 CALIFORNIA THINGS TO KNOW FOR TODAY
JUSTIN TRUDEAU Canadian prime minister to deliver speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDE: CREWS SLOWLY MAKING PROGRESS REMOVING DEBRIS
Long-range forecasts gave the crews about a week before the next chance of rain - and potential new mudslides - although the precipitation was expected to be disorganized and light... READ MORE›
DOGS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDE SURVIVORS
That included Decker and Stella, a 10-year-old lab, both part of the California Task Force 8 San Diego FEMA team... READ MORE›
LARGEST WILDFIRE ON RECORD IN CALIFORNIA FINALLY CONTAINED
The Thomas fire was declared 100 percent surrounded after ravaging Ventura and Santa Barbara counties northwest of Los Angeles for more than a month... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY SURVIVING FIRE ONLY TO DIE
But Josie Gower assured him that she had set out sandbags and was prepared... READ MORE›
RESCUERS 'SEARCHING FOR A MIRACLE' IN CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDES
Santa Barbara County authorities offered wildly fluctuating numbers of the missing throughout the day... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA'S MONTECITO, DEVASTATED BY MUDSLIDES, HAS DRAWN CELEBRITIES SINCE CHAPLIN
REUTERS Kyle Grillot Montecito, the California coastal enclave devastated by this week's deadly mudslides, is known as Oprah's hometown... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDE VICTIMS AGED FROM 3 TO 89
Rebecca Riskin, the 61-year-old founder of a real estate firm, was also killed in Montecito, according to the company and local news media... READ MORE›
17 CONFIRMED DEAD AS AUTHORITIES OFFER WILDLY FLUCTUATING NUMBERS OF MISSING
Santa Barbara County authorities offered wildly fluctuating numbers of the missing throughout the day... READ MORE›
DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS CALIFORNIA FLASH FLOOD RUSHING TOWARDS PEOPLE IN
The Deputy Director of the Santa Barbara County Public Health department, Susan Klein-Rothschild, said the mudslides have while 20 others were damaged... READ MORE›
AFTER WILDFIRE, STATE DEVASTATED BY RAINS
Downpours sent mud and boulders roaring down hills stripped of vegetation by a gigantic wildfire that raged in Southern California last month... READ MORE›
SEARCH FOR 8 BELIEVED MISSING IN CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDES DRAGS ON
Santa Barbara County authorities sent a shudder through the community early Thursday when they reported that the number of people unaccounted for had surged from 16 to 48... READ MORE›
RESCUERS HUNT SURVIVORS AFTER DEADLY MUDSLIDES IN CALIFORNIA
But only 10 to 15 percent complied with mandatory orders, said Amber Anderson, a spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDE TOLL HITS 15 AND 24 REMAIN MISSING AS RAIN LETS UP
Fifteen people were confirmed dead and two dozen people remained missing Wednesday, said Amber Anderson, a Santa Barbara County spokeswoman... READ MORE›
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›
AT LEAST 15 DEAD IN CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDES AS RESCUERS SEARCH FOR MISSING
At least 15 people were confirmed dead, Santa Barbara County spokesperson Yaneris Muniz said early Wednesday as the search continued through the night... 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›
AT LEAST 13 KILLED AS MUD AND BOULDERS TEAR THROUGH HOMES IN CALIFORNIA BURN ZONES
LOS ANGELES - Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in Southern California and killed at least 13 people, police said Tuesday... READ MORE›
DEADLY MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING HIT FIRE-RAVAGED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The overnight rains forced road closures, including a 48-kilometre stretch of Highway 101, essentially cutting off traffic between Santa Barbara and Ventura counties northwest of Los Angeles... READ MORE›
13 DEAD AS MUDSLIDES SWEEP AWAY SOCAL HOMES
At least 13 people died and many more were missing in the chaos as residents fled storm-ravaged areas of Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties... READ MORE›
RAIN UNLEASHES RISK OF MUDSLIDES IN FIRE-RAVAGED CALIFORNIA
Robert Lewin, director of the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management, urged residents in parts of Summerland, Carpinteria and Montecito to leave by midday... 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›
CALIFORNIANS MISTAKE SPACEX LAUNCH FOR UFOS OR NUCLEAR BOMB ATTACK
SpaceX founder Elon Musk's latest rocket launch left many onlookers fearing it was a UFO or a nuclear bomb attack by North Korea... 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 TODAY GLOBAL CONCERN FOR SANTA BARBARA
California Today is edited by Julie Bloom, who grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from U.C... 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›
DEADLY CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE CONTINUES TO GROW
Kilometers of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties since it erupted Dec. 4... 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›
CALIFORNIA BURNS AS THOMAS FIRE BECOMES STATE'S THIRD-LARGEST
Thousands more Californians are on the move with forcible evacuations in Santa Barbara as the Thomas fire lashes towards the ocean, whipped by high winds... READ MORE›
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FORGET NAPA, BOOK A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST RIGHT NOW
According to Danielle Laudon, the director of marketing at Visit Santa Ynez Valley, Wine makers are not just specializing in Pinot Noir here... READ MORE›
FEROCIOUS CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE GROWS MORE ERRATIC, DANGEROUS AS WINDS PICK UP
Firefighters see no quick end in sight for the ferocious Thomas Fire raging in Southern 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›
INMATES BATTLE TO SAVE FAMED ROSE GARDEN FROM THOMAS WILDFIRE
Rose Story Farm was in danger from Thomas Fire, until inmates worked to save it... 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›
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›
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES FORCE 200,000 PEOPLE TO FLEE
The University of California Santa Barbara cancelled classes as well... 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›
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›
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›
BOEING GETS $2B IN BONUSES FOR FLAWED MISSILE-DEFENSE SYSTEM
Early on, Boeing's contract specified that bonuses would be based primarily on hit to kill success in flight tests... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA FIRE CREWS FIGHT SHERPA WILDFIRE, BRACE FOR 120-DEGREE TEMPS
We had a very good night last night, said Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Eric Peterson... READ MORE›
COMPANY SAYS ITS BEEN INDICTED FOR CALIFORNIA OIL SPILL
California prosecutors announced criminal charges on Tuesday against a company whose oil pipeline ruptured last year and fouled popular beaches near Santa Barbara for months... READ MORE›
A SCHOOL'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM TOOK DOGS FROM AN ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THEIR MORNING RUN
In an unlikely outing, members of a high school cross country team in California, went for their run accompanied by dogs from a local animal shelter... READ MORE›
POWERFUL WINDS ARE MAKING THE FIRES ENGULFING LA EVEN WORSE
In northern Los Angeles County, firefighters had gotten the 7,000 acre Rye Fire within 15 percent containment after making progress overnight... READ MORE›
NEW POWERFUL WINDS TO TEST FIRE CREWS
Hot and dry Santa Ana winds have ignited wildfires across Southern California... READ MORE›
WILDFIRES THREATEN 100 HOMES ON CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST
The evacuation area included La Purisima Mission, founded in 1787 and considered to be the most completely restored Spanish mission in California... READ MORE›
2 DEAD, OTHERS STRANDED AS STORM LASHES CALIFORNIA
The storm took aim at Southern California but also spread precipitation north into the San Joaquin Valley and up to San Francisco... READ MORE›
CAN THE U.S. DEFEND AGAINST A NORTH KOREAN MISSILE STRIKE?
The Pentagon has spent more than 40 billion on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system -- GMD for short... 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 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›
FUELLED BY SURGING WINDS, MASSIVE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE TRIGGERS NEW EVACUATIONS
Fuelled by surging winds, massive California wildfire triggers new evacuations... READ MORE›
FUELLED BY SURGING WINDS, MASSIVE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE TRIGGERS NEW EVACUATIONS
Fuelled by surging winds, massive California wildfire triggers new evacuations... 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›
CREWS BATTLE WILDFIRES IN SOUTH-WEST STATES AS HEAT WAVE POSES MORE DANGER
Forecasters issue warnings and brace gusty winds and record-breaking temperatures in California, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona... READ MORE›
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS THREATEN AS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES FORCE 200,000 TO FLEE, GUT HUNDREDS OF HOMES
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›
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›
FAST-MOVING FLAMES FORCE CALIFORNIANS TO FLEE ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE
On Friday, the first fire-related death was confirmed by the Ventura County medical examiner's office... 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›