Gem hunting, or rock hounding, is a fascinating hobby that allows people to find rare rocks and stones from amethyst and ...

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Recent rain significantly reduced the risk of a large fire breaking out before year’s end, experts said. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a San Francisco-based reporter on The Times’s weather team. October ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California fast-tracked over 100 fire risk reduction projects after the Palisades fire. One of the projects is ...

U.S. Coast Guard personnel opened fire Thursday night on a U-Haul truck after its driver ignored commands to stop at the entrance of a California base, the agency said. Dramatic video shows the box ...

On Monday morning, a homeless man sat in front of the county courthouse in Malibu, where he sleeps each night. In front of him was a small, green propane tank affixed with a torch, which he said he ...

SAN DIEGO (KSWB) — Metal shrapnel from explosive ordnance that was fired over Interstate 5 in Southern California during a U.S. Marine Corps live-fire training demonstration on Saturday struck a ...