The Utility Consumers Action Network (UCAN) claims SDG&E wants to retroactively impose a rate increase on customers to cover the cost of the 2007 wildfires, but the utility disagrees. The Southern California wildfires in late October 2007 destroyed...

It's a mission for which the Maryland Air National Guard unit has deep experience. In the last decade alone, members have deployed several times to Iraq and Afghanistan, while also responding to the Haiti earthquake, California wildfires and Hurricane...

CREDIT: NOAA/NWS A uniquely Southern California wind could blow through the region tonight (Feb. 15). It's called a sundowner wind, and it usually means that the strong Santa Ana winds are just days away. A sundowner wind is an often dangerous kind of...

The Santa Ana-like sundowner winds were predicted for the southern part of Santa Barbara County one day after light rain hit the area, the National Weather Service said. On Wednesday, a low-pressure system was expected to bring light scattered showers...

Texas senators and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, attended a fundraiser in a Washington, D.C. , BBQ restaurant on Monday for Bastrop-area victims of the wildfires that ravaged the state for much of last year. "A lot of people witnessed the devastation...

What are the principles here that support The Bee's politically correct, anti-double dipping tirade? Is "life after retirement" prohibited? I don't think there are any principles. Re "What should be the future of redevelopment in California (Head to...

As people rebuild their homes in Bastrop County, there are other wildfire victims that need to make necessary repairs. Ranchers lost several thousand miles of fencing during the Labor Day fires. Today some help came their way. Larry Miller is one of 23...

Scientists conclude from predictive modeling that future storms of this magnitude could cause more damage than even a large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault.” Images taken by MODIS sensors on Terra and Aquos satellites show smoke from multiple...

Foodie Chap, Liam Mayclem, for the first annual “Blazing-Hot Chef Competition”, a fundraiser for firefighters! KCBS and CSE Insurance are hosting a competition of three teams to face each other in the kitchen at LaFitte Restaurant in San Francisco in an...

Calif. (KCRA) -- Winds are expected to pick up Saturday in the Sacramento area, creating dangerous fire conditions. This season -- one of the driest winters on record in Northern California -- has left dry brush in areas that would usually be green by...

Texas -- Four months ago wildfires scorched tens of thousands of acres in Central Texas burning homes and causing widespread damage. In Leander, wildfire victims are moving forward as investigators are trying to find who is responsible for causing the...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger laughs off the California-is-over drama: "It's all bogus." California, you may have heard, is an apocalyptic mess of raging wildfires, soaring unemployment, mass foreclosures and political paralysis. It's dysfunctional. It

809 caucus sites across the state, casting ballots for their party's presidential nominee. The caucuses, the first contest in the primary and caucus calendar, most likely will not determine the eventual nominee, but they will shape the race for the...

A 24-year-old man was charged Monday with arson in connection with a rash of car and building fires across the Los Angeles area, said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Harry Burkhart was charged with one count of arson of an inhabited dwelling and will likely...

Los Angeles Police Department officers evacuate residents of an apartment building as multiple cars burn in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. For the third night in a row, a rash of arson fires has sent f

By the CNN Wire Staff January 1, 2012 -- Updated 1813 GMT (0213 HKT) Officials are offering a $60,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the arson spree in the Hollywood area. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Seven fires are reported overnight New Year's...

The number of fires believed to be linked to an arson spree has risen to 39 across the Los Angeles area, fire officials said Sunday. A total of 32 fires have been set in Los Angeles and seven others in neighboring West Hollywood since the suspected...

Despite a $60,000 reward, authorities had not made an arrest by Saturday afternoon. The 21 initial fires, set in rapid succession in the Hollywood area, prompted authorities in California to post the reward in what they say is one of the worst arson...

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has joined California fire investigators searching for arsonists torching cars at the height of arson season: New Year's. More cars burned Saturday morning. Read the full story at...