PG&E notified hundreds of thousands of customers that the utility may shut off power amid dry and windy weather conditions that pose an increased fire risk.

A woman died Monday, Nov. 18, after she tried to cross a street against a red light in Anaheim last week and was struck by a pickup truck. The collision happened near the intersection of Olive Street and La Palma Avenue at about 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, Anaheim Police Sgt. Shane Carringer said. The…

The California Legislature held a public hearing to scrutinize public safety power shutoffs after millions of residents lost power to prevent wildfires.

The Contra Costa County district attorney’s office couldn’t meet the standard for filing charges by Monday’s deadline, spokesman Scott Alonso said.

Gunfire wounded a man in La Habra on Monday evening, Nov. 18 The shooting occurred about 6:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Joan Street, according to the La Habra Police Department. The victim suffered one gunshot wound to the upper part of one of his arms, which was not life-threatening, police said. He was…

A 31-year-old Riverside man was sentenced Friday, Nov. 15, to 14 years in prison for gunning down a man in the parking lot of the Stadium Promenade in Orange during a drug transaction that went bad. Trevor Lee Brockington was sentenced following his Oct. 24 guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter with a sentencing enhancement for…

Authorities confirmed Monday that a man died in last week’s Pico Rivera strip mall fire that left three people, including a firefighter, injured. The body of Vy Lam, 49, of Westminster was found in a nail salon, Coroner’s spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said. The coroner determined that he died from the combined effects of burns and…

Southern Californians will see a big flip in the weather Tuesday, from record heat and red flag fire warnings to rain, thunderstorms, snow and cooler temperatures along with flash flood and winter storm watches over the next few days. The most significant part of the system was forecast to hit Riverside and San Bernardino counties…

With parents, students and school districts on edge after last week’s deadly shooting at a Santa Clarita high school, law enforcement agencies across the region have been fielding numerous reports of people who have threatened similar violence. Possible threats against schools began rolling in within a day of the Thursday morning shooting at Saugus High…

A woman trying to park her sedan in front of a business in Costa Mesa on Monday, Nov. 18, drove through the front of the building instead, officials said. The collision happened at 3188 Airway Ave. at about 11:46 a.m. Costa Mesa police Lt. Victor Bakkila said. A gray 2000 Nissan Sentra lost its front…