Los Angeles authorities say about 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes because of a wildfire on the northern edge of the city in the San Fernando Valley area.
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Millions of Californians are playing a waiting game with the winds after Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to prevent transmission lines from being toppled and sparking wildfires.
Police have arrested a man they say killed four people and wounded two others in a robbery and series of stabbings in California's Orange County. The attacks were spaced over about two hours Wednesday in Garden Grove and neighboring Santa Ana, southeast of Los Angeles.
After announcing increased containment on one of the biggest wildfires in California history, officials say communities remain at risk and the threat could increase as unpredictable winds whip up again.
A total of 15 engines from the Tahoe Basin Operational Area (Western Nevada, Lake Tahoe, Eastern California) were requested to help with the Thomas Fire and other fires blazing through southern California.
A car crashed into a home in east Reno, catching the vehicle and the home on fire.
Three teenage girls trick-or-treating in costume were hit and killed in a Halloween hit-and-run collision while walking at a Southern California intersection Friday night, authorities said.
A woman who was 15 when she disappeared 10 years ago from her California home has contacted police and says she was held against her will for years. Santa Ana Police say they booked her captor, 41-year-old Isidro Garcia, on suspicion of kidnapping for rape, lewd acts with a minor and false imprisonment.