

Nation Jan 20

A windstorm that fanned brushfires, toppled trees and left thousands of Californians without power is finally easing out of the south and some rain may be on the way. Gusts of up to 50 mph hit the region Tuesday night…
By Associated Press
Nation Dec 04

Powerful winds that pushed wildfires through Southern California, burning several homes and injuring two firefighters, began easing but forecasters warned that the fire danger remained Friday.
By Christopher Weber, Associated Press
Nation Dec 03

The blaze in Orange County’s Silverado Canyon began late Wednesday as a house fire that quickly spread to tinder-dry brush.
By Christopher Weber, Associated Press
Nation Oct 28

In our news wrap Wednesday, demonstrators in Poland gathered for a seventh straight day over a court ruling that banned abortions of fetuses, even ones with severe abnormalities. The nationwide strike is a rare show of opposition in a country…
Oct 27

By Christopher Weber, Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press
California prepared for another round of dangerous fire weather Tuesday even as crews fought a pair of fast-moving blazes in the south that critically injured two firefighters and left more than 100,000 under evacuation orders.
Oct 26

By Associated Press
More than 1 million people were expected to be in the dark during what officials have said could be the strongest wind event in California this year.
Oct 18

By Michael Liedtke, Justin Pritchard, Associated Press
When Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to large swaths of wildfire-prone Northern California last fall, few of the emergency personnel managing the blackouts for the nation’s largest utility had learned the fundamentals of managing an emergency in their home…
In our news wrap Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote in one week on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. The panel’s Republican majority set the schedule after a discussion that split along party lines. Also, the president of…
Oct 15

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press
Thousands of people in wine country woke up without power amid a fall heat wave that's bringing another round of extreme wildfire danger to large portions of already battered Northern California.
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