After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford in his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut ...

The stock market is starting to wobble. After Tuesday’s 1.1% decline, the post-election gains in the S&P 500 SPX are down to just 2%, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The latest economic data ...

While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...

The Hughes Fire has spread to over 8,000 acres in Los Angeles County's Castaic area on Wednesday as dry vegetation and brutal Santa Ana winds continue to boost fire conditions across Southern ...

Hollister firefighters fear it could result in layoffs.In a special meeting Tuesday, city council voted 4-1 to cancel a 270-day notice to terminate its fire agreement with San Juan Bautista and ...

Firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in San Jose. The fire was reported at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday at a two-story apartment complex on the 2400 block of Los Gatos ...

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...

A fire raged through a 12-story hotel in the northwestern Turkish province of Bolu on Monday evening, killing at least 76 people. Officials say at least two of them died after jumping from the ...

In San Diego County, the Friars Fire erupted on Tuesday near a shopping mall, prompting immediate evacuation orders as the flames quickly spread. Southern California faces another round of extreme ...

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Turkiye has arrested nine people in connection with Tuesday’s fire at a ski resort hotel that killed 76 people. The arrests, announced by Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on Wednesday ...