In some towns in the West, up to 75 percent of houses are vacant, likely second homes used once or twice a year. By the time ...

Firefighting crews took advantage of calmer weather Sunday to increase containment of a small wildfire in Oakland, California ...

The Keller Fire in the Oakland Hills began Friday and damaged two homes. The fire has burned about 15 acres and was at 50% ...

A new wildfire was reported 4:10 p.m. Oct. 19 in Los Angeles County. Ramirez Fire has been active for 16 hours. Firefighters ...

Natural disasters like that have insurance companies abandoning some areas entirely, not just in California, but also in ...

Amid explosions and darkened skies, the crew at Mountain High ski resort jumped into action, firing up a hundred snow cannons ...

Workers at seven CVS pharmacies in Southern California have gone on strike for better pay and health care and to protest what ...

There are pockets of electricity on the island Saturday after Cuba’s main power plant failed twice, plunging its 10 million residents into the dark.

More than 15 million people are under fire weather alerts in California -- from Redding to Sacramento to San Francisco to ...

Roberts wrote, “The old town of Requa, clinging to the hillside, with its comfortable inn, church, quaint cabins, and ...

A large brush fire threatened homes in the Oakland hills in California and sparked evacuations of hundreds of residents amid ...

About 13,000 customers in Northern California woke up without electricity Friday after Pacific Gas and Electric shut off ...