Christopher Weber

Once a model, California now struggles to tame COVID-19 with 585 deaths in single day

January 1, 2021 at 5:38 p.m.

California started the new year by reporting a record 585 coronavirus deaths in a single day after a health official said the pandemic was pushing state hospitals to the “brink...

Firefighters work the Bobcat Fire burns ...

Few resources, old-growth forest allowed for fire’s growth in Southern California

September 22, 2020 at 10:19 p.m.

A lack of firefighting resources in the hours after it was sparked allowed a fast-moving wildfire to make an unprecedented run through Southern California mountains and eventually find fuel in...

Carrying multiple people who have tested ...

California prepares to dock cruise ship with 21 coronavirus cases

March 8, 2020 at 9:31 p.m.

As the U.S. death toll from the new coronavirus reached at least 21, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the mayor of Oakland sought Sunday to reassure the public that none...

A worker prepares the Skai vehicle, developed by Alaka鈥檌 Technologies, for a special unveiling in Newbury Park, Calif., in May. (Marcio Jose Sanchez, The Associated Press)

Long road to liftoff for hydrogen-power electric flying vehicle

August 4, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

Alaka鈥檌 Technologies is betting its new hydrogen-powered electric flying vehicles dubbed Skai will someday serve as taxis, cargo carriers and ambulances of the sky.

Powerful storm hits Southern California, flooding highways

February 2, 2019 at 10:02 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The second in a string of powerful storms battered California on Saturday, shutting key highways after water and mud rushed into lanes from bare hillsides in wildfire...

California judge orders porn star Stormy Daniels to pay Trump legal fees

December 11, 2018 at 9:28 p.m.

Porn star Stormy Daniels must pay President Donald Trump nearly $293,000 for his attorneys' fees and another $1,000 in sanctions after her defamation suit against him was dismissed, a federal...

Police officers escort people after a ...

Shooting suspect in standoff at LA market; 1 woman killed

July 21, 2018 at 8:09 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- A man shot his grandmother and girlfriend Saturday and then led police on a car chase that ended when he crashed into a pole and ran inside...

13 dead in Southern California as rain triggers mudslides

January 10, 2018 at 10:19 a.m.

At least eight people were killed and homes were torn from their foundations Tuesday as downpours sent mud and boulders roaring down hills stripped of vegetation by a gigantic wildfire...

Firefighters light backfires as they try ...

Crews struggle to keep flames from California neighborhoods

December 12, 2017 at 10:57 p.m.

A cooking fire at a homeless encampment sparked a wildfire last week that destroyed six homes in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday, while the fifth-largest...

America’s homeless population rises for first time in years

December 6, 2017 at 10:03 p.m.

The nation's homeless population increased this year for the first time since 2010, driven by a surge in the number of people living on the streets in Los Angeles and...

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