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CZU Lightning Complex: More Evacuations Ordered
Evacuation orders expanded Thursday as fires encroach on communities in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties.
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Evacuation orders expanded Thursday as fires encroach on communities in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties.
"Due to a change in fire behavior please evacuate these areas now!"
Lightning has sparked several fires and left thousands without power.
One man is dead and two were injured in the Thursday morning crash.
The deadly crash was reported early Saturday on Vasco Road just south of Camino Diablo.
"The Tennis Club building is a total loss."
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has arrested 1 of 3 people suspected of robbing marijuana from a barn at a grow near Santa Rosa.
Public health and air quality agencies are warning Bay Area residents about hot weather and poor air quality beginning Friday.
The Kincade Fire in Sonoma County grew overnight to 21,900 acres, and containment was at 5 percent, Cal Fire officials said Friday.
Jurors have recommended a death sentence for the so-called 'Hollywood Ripper,' who killed and mutilated two SoCal women & attacked a third.
A pedestrian was hit by a Metro Gold Line train & critically injured at the Allen Station in Pasadena early Friday morning, authorities say.
A man in his 30s was killed in a shooting in an upscale downtown Los Angeles apartment building and the shooter remains at large, police say
With strong winds and red flag conditions forecast this weekend, firefighters are battling the Saddleridge Fire in the San Fernando Valley.
BREAKING: The CHP says a vehicle fire has spread to a hillside in unincorporated Contra Costa County.
A Lynwood man was arrested Friday on suspicion of fatally shooting a former Long Beach City College football player during a robbery.
A Beverly Hills man was sentenced to 21 months in prison for filing bogus tax returns that failed to report millions of dollars offshore.
A Monrovia man has pleaded not guilty to a capital murder charge that alleges he killed his girlfriend, who disappeared in late July.
The jury found Noah White Winchester of Stockton guilty of 14 counts related to the rapes.
Authorities are seeking public help in finding a schizophrenic man with ties to Los Angeles who went missing a year and a half ago.
A judge ordered Chuck Norris to arbitrate his allegations that CBS Broadcasting and Sony Pictures cheated him out of at least $30 million.