Tag Archives: California

At least eight people were missing Saturday as one of the worst wildfires in the nation scorched through Northern California communities, forest, and tinder-dry scrub in the Sierra Nevada mountains, destroying a historic gold rush town. Even as the calmer, less windy weather gave firefighters a break overnight with the …

The so-called Dixie Fire, which broke out on July 14 in the Sierra Nevada mountains some 160 miles (257.5 km) north of Sacramento, had burned across 432,813 acres (175,153 hectares) as of Friday afternoon, becoming one of the largest wildfires in state history. The flames roared through the historic mining …

California’s largest wildfire has leveled much of the downtown and some surrounding homes in a small Northern California mountain community. The Dixie Fire tore through Greenville on Wednesday evening, destroying businesses and homes as the sky was cast in an orange glow. A photographer on assignment for The Associated Press …

The US Forest Service has announced it is closing several sites at California’s scenic South Lake Tahoe after discovering bubonic plague in the chipmunk population. The agency announced this week that “based on positive plague tests” in the rodent population around hiking areas, it would close popular hiking spots including …

Zoom, the video conferencing firm, has agreed to settle a class-action US privacy lawsuit for $85 million, it said Sunday. The suit charged that Zoom’s sharing of users’ personal data with Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn was a breach of privacy for millions. While Zoom denied wrongdoing, it did agree to …

Firefighters in Oregon reported good progress in the battle against the nation’s largest wildfire, while authorities canceled evacuation orders near a major blaze in Northern California and another in Hawaii Firefighters in Oregon reported good progress in the battle against the nation’s largest wildfire, while authorities canceled evacuation orders near …

Fire crews struggled to stop the spread of Dixie Fire, the largest active wildfire in California, on Saturday. According to Press TV, the US Forest Service performed a prescribed burn using incendiary balls dropped from a helicopter in Meadow Valley, as a way to control the progress of the Dixie Fire, …

Barajas, 19, was one of two people shot during a screening of “The Forever Purge” at the Regal Edwards Theatre in Corona, California.

A former Los Angeles police officer was swarmed by 5,000 angry bees in his backyard on Saturday, in an attack that killed two of his dogs and left him with more than 40 stings. Bob Ramos of Diamond Bar, California, told local news outlet KTLA that the bees were in …

Five people, including a deputy sheriff, were killed in a shooting spree and hostage-taking incident in the US State of California on Tuesday. A shooting and hostage-taking incident in the US State of California left five dead, “FOX 11” TV Network reported. According to the report, a shooting and hostage-taking …

Californians are scrambling for fresh water as taps and wells run dry amid the severe drought across the West that is causing many problems. In the San Joaquin Valley in California, drought is threatening the drinking supply for thousands of rural residents, as well as the livelihoods for the farmers, …

Former Trump Inaugural Chairman Thomas Barrack has been arrested on federal charges in Los Angeles.

In a parking lot in Los Angeles, a village of miniature prefab houses has sprung up, one of several sites in America’s second-largest city where so-called “tiny homes” are being put up to help the homeless get back on their feet. The City of Angels has a large homeless population, …

Russia Forest fires have broken out in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region near Kazakhstan and in north-eastern Siberia. The Ministry of Emergency Situations said it has deployed aircraft and a helicopter to fight the fires, as well as 240 personnel to Chelyabinsk where two large villages have been evacuated. Wildfires are also …

A 6.0 quake followed by more than 60 aftershocks — including a 5.2 shaker — struck Thursday afternoon in California, close to the Nevada border but was felt in the Bay Area. The first quake hit at 3:49 p.m., registering a magnitude 6.0 in Coleville (Mono County), followed by a …

A truck filled with 2,000kg of illegal fireworks has exploded while police officers were in the process of seizing the goods. EXPLOSION! LAPD was disposing of illegal fireworks in South LA when the explosion occurred. At least 5 are injured. @KTLA @heli_CvP pic.twitter.com/99e9TzVtOr — Ryder Christ (@RyderChristNews) July 1, 2021 …

At least three people, including a suspected gunman, have been shot dead in the US state of Colorado, police said at a press briefing.

Shootings on new holiday reported during events in more than a half dozen states

A federal judge Friday overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the constitutional right to bear arms. US District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled that the state’s definition of illegal military-style rifles unlawfully deprives law-abiding Californians of weapons commonly allowed in most other states …

Summer has not even begun and Lake Oroville, the second-largest reservoir in California that provides drinking water to more than 25 million people, is at less than half of its average capacity at this time of year. It is a worrying indication of the worsening drought conditions in the northern …