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A California Department of Corrections hand crew works containment lines ahead of the Palisades Fire Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Winds, arsonists complicate fight against LA-area wildfires as crews report progress

January 15, 2025 at 7:17 p.m.

Firefighters reported significant gains Wednesday against the two massive wildfires burning around Los Angeles while also extinguishing smaller blazes set by arsonists as a final round of windy, flame-fanning weather moved through...

A congregant is hugged by a priest during a religious service in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire at Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025 in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

More firefighters rush to Los Angeles as stronger winds are forecast

January 13, 2025 at 3:17 p.m.

After making some progress battling wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area, firefighters prepared for a return of dangerous winds...

Casas junto a la autopista del Pacífico se ven quemadas por el incendio Palisades, el domingo 12 de enero de 2025, en Malibú California. (AP Foto/Mark J. Terrill)

Los bomberos en Los Ángeles combaten el fuego y se preparan para más vientos intensos

January 13, 2025 at 7:15 a.m.

Tras un fin de semana conteniendo el crecimiento explosivo de incendios que destruyeron miles de hogares y mataron al menos a 24 personas en el área de Los Ángeles, los...

Firefighters watch as water is dropped on the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Jae C. Hong/AP)

16 dead, 16 missing as fire crews try to corral Los Angeles blazes before winds return this week

January 12, 2025 at 12:58 p.m.

The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area rose to 16 as crews battled to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could...

A person walks along the beach with flooding along the boardwalk, Feb. 1, 2024, in Seal Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

‘Bomb cyclone’ threatens Northern California and Pacific Northwest

November 19, 2024 at 2:42 p.m.

Northern California and the Pacific Northwest are bracing for what is expected to be a powerful storm, with heavy rain and winds set to pummel the region and potentially cause...

FILE – Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez sit with defense attorney Leslie Abramson, right, in Beverly Hills Municipal Court during a hearing, Nov. 26, 1990. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Erik and Lyle Menendez are a step closer to leaving prison, but freedom won’t come quickly

October 25, 2024 at 8:33 a.m.

Erik and Lyle Menendez still have a long way to go before they can walk out of prison, even though the Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended their life-without-parole...

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures to the audience as he departs a campaign rally at the Calhoun Ranch, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Coachella, Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump’s weekend rally in Southern California

October 14, 2024 at 11:03 a.m.

A Nevada man with a shotgun, loaded handgun, ammunition and several fake passports in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump's rally Saturday night in the Southern California...

Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers’ 1996 murder conviction

October 3, 2024 at 5:40 p.m.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of the Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35...

A news truck is parked near the scene of an overnight transit bus hijacking Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Passenger killed when gunman hijacks city bus, leads police on chase through downtown Los Angeles

September 25, 2024 at 12:08 p.m.

A passenger was killed after a gunman hijacked a city bus in Los Angeles early Wednesday, leading to a slow police chase through downtown before the suspect was eventually arrested,...

FILE – The Rev. James Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2015. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says

June 10, 2024 at 4:40 p.m.

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his...

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