Wildfires

Firefighters quickly gained the upper hand and knocked down a brush fire that sparked Saturday afternoon near Malibu. 

Firefighters battled a two-alarm uphill brush fire that immediately threatened structures in La Canada Flintridge Thursday afternoon.

The utility that serves more than 5 million electrical customers in one of the world’s most technologically advanced areas is now faced again and again with a no-win decision: risk starting catastrophic deadly wildfires, or turn off the lights and immiserate millions of paying customers.

A Southern California utility has agreed to pay $360 million to settle lawsuits brought by local governments over deadly wildfires sparked by its equipment in the last two years, including one blamed for a mudslide that killed more than 20 people.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Anger over devastating California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric power lines is coming to a head — in a beer. And an outcry is brewing.

Firefighters gained the upper hand on a brush fire that sparked Saturday afternoon in the Hollywood Hills. 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Paradise will pause on Friday.

Pacific Gas & Electric reported substantial losses for the third quarter on Thursday, driven by catastrophic wildfires that have been blamed on the utility’s outdated transmission lines. The company anticipates those costs could escalate to as much as $6.3 billion.

The American heavy metal band Metallica is donating $100,000 to California wildfire relief efforts.

A brush fire erupted Wednesday afternoon in Santa Clarita threatening several structures and prompting schools to evacuate.

Crews working the Getty Fire have salvaged a wedding ring from the rubble of a destroyed home -- nearly 58 years to the day since the same ring survived the 1961 Bel-Air Fire.

Firefighters in Ventura County were close to reaching full containment on a fire that sparked just south of Santa Paula.

Several volunteers with Wild Turkey and actor Matthew McConaughey are helping to give back to the firefighters who have been battling the raging wildfires in Southern California. 

A brush fire that sparked in Jurupa Valley prompted evacuations and quickly spread to Riverside early Thursday morning, officials said. 

A lawsuit has been filed against a waste hauler whose truck driver dumped burning refuse by a Southern California road, sparking a fire that killed two people and destroyed scores of homes. 

A fire erupted early Monday morning to the west of the 405 Freeway near Getty Center Drive, prompting mandatory evacuation orders, Los Angeles city firefighters said.

Firefighters throughout Southern California are out in full force battling several fires that sparked this week due to strong winds. Here is a look at the latest fires burning in the area.  

Mandatory evacuations were ordered after a wind-driven fire being called the Hillside Fire broke out in the foothills of San Bernardino early Thursday morning.