Case Shows New Determination to Charge Alleged Arsonists with Murder for Firefighter and Civilian Deaths Retired accountant James McDermith’s mad dash to retrieve a camper and pack it with belongings as a wildfire chewed closer to his home six years …
Prosecutors in California are charging a suspected arsonist with the murder of five people who died of heart attacks during a wildfire _ a potential capital offense in a region held hostage by fires. Six men died of a heart …
Almost six years after a wildfire destroyed nearly 1,000 homes in Southern California, prosecutors say they have enough evidence to charge a prison inmate with arson and murder in connection with the 2003 blaze. San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael …
Wet and weary residents in areas scarred by Southern California wildfires were back in their homes for Thanksgiving after a day of rains brought evacuations and anxiety but none of the threatened flash floods or mudslides. The last of the …
Although this new suburb of 80,000 people was just a few miles from the epicenter of a 5.4-magnitude earthquake, the city withstood the shaking with almost no damage at all. If a quake had to hit somewhere in densely populated …
Despite shaking a large swath of Southern California, a magnitude-5.4 earthquake was not the “Big One” that scientists have long feared. Still, it rattled nerves, causing people to vow to step up their emergency preparations. The quake, which rocked the …
Southern California homeowners still struggling to rebuild their lives after last fall’s wildfires are preparing for downpours that could bring more than a foot of rain to some mudslide-prone mountain canyons. A trio of rainstorms — possibly the most rain …
Southern California’s weather turned from dangerously dry to extremely wet Friday as storms brought the threat of mudslides and flash floods to areas burned by recent wildfires, causing evacuation orders. Residents were temporarily ordered to leave 200 homes in Orange …
Hundreds of homes were reduced to ashes Monday as wildfires blown by fierce desert winds raced across a huge swath of Southern California extending from Malibu to the Mexican border, forcing a quarter of a million people to flee. At …
Negotiations have produced a landmark $660 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and more than 500 alleged victims of clergy abuse has concluded, with insurers picking up a large part of that tab. Attorneys from both …
