Even as I urged them to leave, from my home in the Mojave Desert, I was moved by a different compulsion: to get in my car, report to work and rush, via fire engine or helicopter, toward the fires. It ...

Good Samaritans tried to rescue the man from the burning car but were pushed back by the "intense heat," officials said.

Two people walked away unharmed after a small airplane crashed upside down in a field in Kern County over the weekend, authorities said. The crash took place about 11:15 a.m. near Minter Field Airport ...

The deadly fire was first reported about 1:10 p.m. along the southbound side of the freeway at Stoddard Wells Road, according to the CHP.

A lack of fire hydrants, along with ammunition and propane stored at the home, slowed firefighters' progress against the ...

Stanley Brabant, 77, was found unconscious in a jail cell while awaiting trial for the alleged assault of a neighbor at a ...

As the flames of California history’s most damaging winter began to cool, decision times were about to arrive for tens of thousands of the state’s newest homeless. Email Thomas Elias at ...

A Colton church hosted a drive-thru event to collect essential items for victims of the Los Angeles County fires. Volunteers ...

The big question for Trump, Caruso and other critics: why did they pour all blame on present officials who had to cope with many faulty decisions from decades ...

A lithium battery fire that erupted at a Moss Landing power plant continues to smolder and Monterey County residents are asking public officials and the facility's leaders what health risks they ...