When PG&E and SoCal Edison shut off power, what happens to people with disabilities? As fires raged throughout California, residents simultaneously prepared for more shut-offs.
Fed by Santa Ana winds and dry brush, the Tick fire jumped the 14 Freeway in Santa Clarita overnight, prompting more evacuations.
Commuters traveling in and out of the Santa Clarita Valley faced a traffic nightmare after the Tick fire jumped the 14 freeway.
Firefighters struggled Friday against a wildfire burning across Sonoma County wine country as Northern California braced for a weekend of intense winds, critical fire danger and mass power outages.
Kincade fire: PG&E shut off power again as winds returned, but to fewer customers. Questions about the utility and the Sonoma County blaze are addressed.
Actress Felicity Huffman was released Friday from federal prison after serving most of a 14-day sentence for paying to rig her daughter's university entrance exam as part of the wide-ranging college admissions scandal.
Residents in the area were urged to prepare for possible evacuations, given the dry, windy conditions.
Firefighters were battling a small brush fire Friday morning in the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Following a legal scandal that has engulfed his office and the Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer said he would change the way his office handles outside contracts and oversight of private attorneys.
So you're having friends over for Halloween and you're adult-ish.
Undercover operations at gun shows are critical to California's efforts to keep weapons out of the wrong hands, proponents say.
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Call them Santa Ana winds or Diablo winds. They make brush fires explode.
Firefighters were trying to stall the wind-driven fire as it rapidly moved toward subdivisions in Agua Dulce.
All LAUSD schools in the Valley closed Friday due to fire danger, air quality
The Tick fire is burning out of control moving into Mint Canyon, Canyon Country and Agua Dulce. Authorities issues evacuation orders for homes in the area of the 14 Freeway and Sierra Highway.
About 5:30 p.m., the fire was reported at 10 acres.
This weekend's planned power outages could be the largest yet in California, as utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison order wide blackouts to prevent more blazes — and more wildfire liability — amid heavy, hot winds.
The fire has the potential for some growth and traffic has slowed in the area, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
Fueled by violent winds from the northeast, fires erupted on dry hills across California, tearing through oaks and vineyards in Sonoma County and burning homes near Santa Clarita.
For more than a decade, a softball-sized piece of slag has decorated the hearth inside Bonnie Petry's Spanish-style stucco home in San Bernardino.
The Tick fire was pushing toward homes in Santa Clarita, thanks to winds of nearly 30 mph and humidity hovering around just 6%.
Diablo winds in Northern California are offshore winds similar to the Santa Anas in Southern California. They can create extremely dangerous fire conditions.
Cameras by the ALERTWildfire program at Barham Peak recorded the moment the Kincade fire started and shows its rapid progression.