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Nearly all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted for communities in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties affected by the Bridge Fire after it recently became California's largest actively burning wildfire.
In Southern California, two counties are sending crews to Orange County after eight firefighters there were injured in a crash. They will help in the battle against the devastating Airport Fire, which is now more than 50% contained after days of progress.
The firefighters had been battling the massive Airport Fire before eight were seriously injured in a rollover crash on a freeway in Orange County, officials said.
A 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of opening fire after a high school football game in Riverside County, authorities said.
A Los Angeles divorce attorney is facing up to eight years in prison after being charged with allegedly embezzling about $4.8 million from clients, prosecutors announced Thursday.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced a new policy Wednesday banning gangs among deputies in the department, an issue county officials have said has spanned decades.
After Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Norwalk's recent ban on homeless shelters, the city in Los Angeles County defied the state's threat of legal action and extended the ban for several more months. threatening legal action against the city as the state of California continues struggling with a widespread homelessness crisis.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two bills into law that would protect actors and performers from artificial intelligence or other digital replicas of their likeness being used without their consent, his office announced Tuesday.
A firefighter rescued a woman from the massive Airport Fire, driving up to her as she walked barefoot just feet away from flames in Lake Elsinore. Her friend says he's just thankful the firefighter was there, calling him "an angel in the right spot."
More than 80 homes were destroyed in the massive Airport Fire that scorched through tens of thousands of acres in Orange and Riverside counties as people fled for their lives.
After being extradited from Romania, a former resident of Huntington Beach pleaded guilty to organizing and taking part in a series violent rallies with white supremacists in California in the months before the deadly "Unite the Right" protest in Charlotteville.
A hit-and-run suspect was taken into custody following a pursuit that traveled along the 5 Freeway in Orange County and continued onto surface streets in the east Los Angeles area Friday afternoon.
A man who sexually assaulted two women in the Venice Canals neighborhood of Los Angeles, leaving one of them dead nearly two months later, has been sentenced to life in state prison, prosecutors announced Friday.
A Southern California man arrested on suspicion of starting the massive Line Fire, which sent people fleeing from their homes as more than 37,000 acres burned, is now facing nine charges, according to prosecutors.
Thousands of people across four counties in Southern California have been affected by wildfires burning through the region. Here's how to get help if you've been impacted — from finding shelters and food assistance to filing insurance claims and getting tax relief.