The things that set California apart, for better or worse, were all there last Sunday afternoon: terrifying flames, wine country glamour and a rescue straight out of Hollywood.
Southern California Edison added a new dimension to the statewide dilemma over shutting down power in high fire weather with its announcement that it re-energized a power line shortly before the start of the Maria fire.
The farmworkers who called Francisco Pardo the morning after the Kincade fire began were more anxious than usual.
Pot shop approvals have hit their limit in Venice and other areas, but the City Council can exceed those caps. Some worry that the application process will favor the politically connected.
A motorcyclist was dead as a result of a crash on Saturday near The District at Tustin Legacy shopping center and a portion of a major thoroughfare was shut down while police investigated the cause of the collision, authorities said. Cars traveling southbound on Jamboree Road pass by the scene of fatal motorcycle accident on…
Residents in parts of Orange and Los Angeles Counties were surprised Saturday morning as hail pelted areas in the region, while others experienced large drops of rain. It’s a bit unusual for Southern California to see hail in early November, a forecaster said, unless the right conditions are present. The National Weather Service cited upper-level…
Agencies that fight wildfires in Southern California are increasingly positioning fire engines in high-hazard areas and increasing staff in anticipation that major conflagrations will break out during red flag warnings. It’s that positioning they say that has helped limit the destructiveness of the wind-driven fires in the past two weeks. “When you pre-assemble strike teams,…
The main concern now for California firefighters is the Maria fire, which is 20% contained after burning nearly 10,000 acres in Ventura County.
The earthquake occurred 11 miles from Healdsburg, which was recently under evacuation orders because of the Kincade fire, and 21 miles from Santa Rosa.
A look at California stories from the last week, including major fires and Rep. Katie Hill’s resignation.
