The Madre Fire, now the largest wildfire in California this year, expanded to 79,630 acres by Saturday, July 5, prompting expanded evacuation orders and worsening air quality across parts of ...

At the outset of the blaze, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office estimated that some 500 acres were already burned at the scene, near the 10000 block of Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest.

Fire season has begun with a bang in California, where more than a dozen wildfires have ignited since Saturday — the largest ...

As the new sales tax rates went into effect Tuesday across California, Southern California counties and cities began to see some of the highest sales tax rates in the nation.. In Los Angeles ...

A minor, 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 12:27 p.m. Pacific time about 15 miles ...