The Los Angeles Fire Department has used a helicopter to hoist a fallen horse from the bottom of a steep hillside. 

California water officials say the $1.1 billion spillway at the nation's tallest dam will be in full working order if it's needed this winter, nearly two years after it was damaged and thousands were forced to flee.

The Nevada Department of Transportation is increasing driver safety along U.S. 50 by ensuring that large boulders stay on roadside slopes.

The Mammoth Lakes Police Department reports that a shooting occurred on Hillside Drive in Mammoth Lakes on Wednesday around 11:25 a.m. They said they responded to a 911 call from an individual who had been shot in his home.

Southern California's huge wildfire continues to rip through dry brush atop a coastal ridge as crews struggle to keep flames from roaring down into neighborhoods.

Water-dropping helicopters flew through the night to save homes from a wildfire that surged through suburban canyons in Southern California and forced evacuations.

Northern Nevada Community Housing (NNCH) opens affordable housing complex, Hillside Meadows in Reno with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday.

Sierra Memorial gardens has suspended their plans to exhume and move more than 800 of the oldest bodies in the Hillside Cemetery.

Washington authorities say the official death toll from a devastating mudslide remains at 16, with eight additional bodies located but not recovered.