Music
Pharrell Williams knocks celebrity endorsements days after Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish urged fans to vote for VP Kamala Harris over former President Trump.
California
For the last 70 years, Wilmington residents have faced off to become the blue-collar community’s honorary mayor. The winner gets a two-year term that offers no salary, no staff and no political power.
Sept. 18, 2024
Climate & Environment
As the Big Bear Alpine Zoo came under threat from the 39,000-acre Line fire, staffers evacuated most of its animals to sunny Palm Desert.
World & Nation
Five thousand firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires across northern Portugal blamed for the deaths and forcing residents to flee their homes.
Sept. 17, 2024
FireSat, a constellation of more than 50 satellites, will be able to detect wildfires as small as the size of a classroom, about 16 by 16 feet, Google said in an announcement.
Humidity, cooler temperatures help tip the odds against three California wildland fires at lower levels but peaks remain dry.
Sept. 15, 2024
Fires could encroach on critical habitat for the endangered Southern California mountain yellow legged frog.
Three large wildfires are still largely uncontrolled, but an incoming cold front and cloudy weather this weekend are expected to offer some reprieve, officials said Saturday.
Sept. 14, 2024
After days of marching over the Angeles and San Bernardino national forests, the 51,884-acre Bridge fire was 3% contained.
Sept. 13, 2024
Prosecutors say Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, of Norco had tried multiple times to start a fire. His mother told The Times that he is ‘not an arsonist.’