2 new California fires burn homes, send residents fleeing
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Strong winds fanned new fires in Southern California on Thursday, burning homes and forcing residents to flee in a repeat of a f...
Disabled, infirm at senior complex were ‘abandoned’ in dark
NOVATO, Calif. — One woman in her 80s tripped over another resident who had fallen on the landing in a steep stairwell. Others got turned around, even...
Mayors for Pete: Buttigieg hunts for support in city halls
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Pete Buttigieg works to prove the leader of a city of roughly 100,000 people is ready to assume the American presidency, ...
California nursing home patients had minutes to flee fire
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — A wildfire pushed by gale-force winds moved with terrifying speed toward a psychiatric nursing care facility Wednesday, leavin...
The Latest: Man accused of arson in California wildfire
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
Fires spare Reagan library but menace homes near Los Angeles
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — A wind-whipped outbreak of wildfires outside Los Angeles on Wednesday threatened thousands of homes and horse ranches, forced th...
Anger grows as utility struggles to get its blackouts right
SAN FRANCISCO — As Pacific Gas & Electric deliberately shut off power to homes and businesses to prevent wildfires, it has failed to communicate w...
Horse racing’s tragic, wild ride culminates at Breeders’ Cup
ARCADIA, Calif. — Thirty horse deaths over the winter at Santa Anita. The first disqualification for interference in Kentucky Derby history. A horse t...
The Latest: California winds may have claimed 3 lives
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The Latest on planned power outages to prevent California wildfires (all times local):
Anger mounts as utility imposes more blackouts in California
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — With no electricity for the fourth straight day Tuesday, chef and caterer Jane Sykes realized she would have to throw out $1,000 ...
Lyft, Uber will ask California voters to block employee law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some of the country's largest ride-sharing companies proposed a California law on Tuesday that would let them continue to treat d...
Frustration mounts as California is hit with more blackouts
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as the state's biggest utility began another round of fire-prevention bl...
Los Angeles prosecutors reject Kevin Spacey sex battery case
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors have rejected a sexual battery case against Kevin Spacey because the accuser has died.
Crews battle California blazes before windstorms return
LOS ANGELES — Crews fought Tuesday to drown, slash and smother wildfires that have incinerated dozens of homes in Northern and Southern California bef...
Utility says power lines may have started 2 California fires
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area, the uti...
Wildfire forces residents, celebrities to flee
LOS ANGELES — A wildfire swept through the star-studded hills of Los Angeles on Monday, destroying several large homes and forcing LeBron James and th...
New evacuations, power outages near California wildfire
SAN FRANCISCO — New evacuations were ordered Saturday for at least 50,000 people near a huge wildfire and millions of Californians will have their pow...
Firefighters race to control blazes before winds roar back
LOS ANGELES — Howling winds that fueled destructive wildfires across California began to die down Friday, but residents in the northern part of the st...
Huffman released with 2 days left on 2-week prison term
SAN FRANCISCO — Actress Felicity Huffman was released Friday morning from a federal prison in California two days before the end of a two-week sentenc...
Wind-whipped fires rage across California as lights go out
GEYSERVILLE, Calif. — Fast-growing fires throughout California forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes Thursday as dry winds and hi...
California governor “owns” blackouts, takes political risk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With hundreds of thousands of Californians again in the dark amid high wildfire danger Thursday, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom had...
Fire has industry rethinking guidance to dump burning trash
It was a hot, windy day in Southern California when a trash truck caught fire and the driver dumped the burning garbage on the side of the road. Minut...
California utility begins another blackout amid fire fears
SAN FRANCISCO — Lights went out across large portions of Northern California on Wednesday, as the state's largest utility began its second massive bla...
The Latest: Edison increase estimate of possible power cuts
SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on planned power shutoffs to prevent wildfires (all times local):
Harris, colleagues seek Ukraine info via public records law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris and two of her Democratic Senate colleagues are trying to force the Trump administration to re...