Beloved Whittier pizzeria Pizzamania burns down
Pizzamania, a beloved pizzeria and Whittier staple for more than 50 years, burned down Tuesday morning in a fire the…
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Fire burns near Orange County homes, forcing evacuations
A wildfire that broke out in Orange County Monday afternoon grew to about 800 acres in two hours and prompted…
Teenagers charged with arson with fireworks, police say
Three teenagers have been charged in connection with a destructive fire in Riverside that authorities say was caused by fireworks.…
A summer of fire shows the costs of human folly in the face of extreme heat
As Greece tries to recover from the recent destructive wildfires in Athens, Southern Californians dealing with our own heat wave…
Two wildfires are moving toward communities in Sierra and Fresno counties
As much of California suffers from a scorching heat wave, wildfires in the Tahoe and Fresno areas have forced residents…
Wildfire damages naval base on remote California island
About 75 miles northwest of San Diego, out of sight of much of the mainland, the remote and rugged Navy…
Cars set on fire in street occupations in Los Angeles. Neighbors are fed up
Two street takeovers in South Los Angeles led to acts of vandalism early Tuesday when a local car dealership's window…
Five years after 34 deaths in a ship fire in Concepción, the convicted captain remains free
Five years after California's worst modern maritime disaster, relatives of victims of the Conception ship fire are angry at what…
Record wildfire in Riverside County burns hundreds of acres
SACRAMENTO — A man-caused wildfire near San Jacinto had grown to hundreds of acres by Sunday night, prompting evacuation warnings…
Worsening wildfires and rains have accelerated erosion in California
Over the past three decades, California has experienced increasing erosion after major wildfires, a phenomenon that not only endangers water…