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SAN DIEGO — Late-summer dry thunderstorms rolled into California from the southwest desert region early Sept. 2, bringing thousands of lightning strikes and increasing the risk of wildfires as high ...

The crafts team behind the terrifying scenes in Paul Greengrass’s disaster movie The Lost Bus, inspired by the 2018 Camp Fire, one of the deadliest wildfires to ever hit California, touched down at ...

CBS News California Investigates correspondent Julie Watts sat for in-depth interviews with the candidates running to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom when he terms out in 2026. In this ongoing series, ...

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California on Tuesday officially declared Diwali a state holiday, becoming the third US state to recognise the Hindu festival of lights, following Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The California bill, co ...

A man has been arrested in connection with a deadly wildfire that destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood in Los Angeles, California. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, was detained for ...

The bystanders were called "everyday citizen heroes." Dramatic video shows the moment bystanders jumped into action to help lift the wreckage of a medical transport helicopter that had just crashed in ...