GOP Rep. Denham falls behind Democrat as 3 other Republicans lose ground in Friday’s ballot tally
Republican Rep. Jeff Denham lost his lead over Democrat Josh Harder on Friday in one of California’s four unresolved congressional races as updated ballot counts showed the GOP in growing danger of losing as many as six House seats in the state. GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of Costa Mesa fell further…
More than 200,000 residents evacuated as Woolsey fire rages out of control
As the Woolsey fire raged Friday, more than 200,000 residents in Ventura and Los Angeles counties were ordered to evacuate. “This fire is moving quickly. Conditions are changing rapidly,” said Sgt. Eric Buschow of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office during an afternoon news conference at the Thousand…
PHOTOS: Pritchett, Johnson Jr. lead qualifying at NHRA Finals in Pomona
POMONA, Calif. – Leah Pritchett led the Top Fuel qualifying and Tommy Johnson Jr. led in Funny Car Friday at the final event of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Top Fuel driver Richie Crampton hits the throttle during qualifying in Pomona on Friday, November 9, 2018 at the 54th annual NHRA…
At 1 a.m., a frantic banging on their back patio door: ‘There’s a fire coming’
Woolsey fire forces partial evacuation of LA’s West Hills
The Woolsey fire moved into the West Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles Friday night and some evacuations have been put into place. All homes in West Hills, west of Valley Circle, from Roscoe Boulevard to Vanowen Street are under mandatory evacuation orders, according to the LA City Fire Department. The alert went out at 6:45 p.m….
Paradise fire becomes one of California’s worst: 6,700 structures lost; at least nine dead
The sign that greets visitors to this town in the Sierra Nevada foothills proudly states: “May you find Paradise to be all its name implies.” But after a fast-moving wildfire ravaged this community of 27,000 people, forcing thousands to flee by car and on foot, Paradise has become something else…
Santa Monica Mountains communities can’t escape the wrath of the Woolsey fire
State says no toxic risk from Woolsey fire that burned old nuclear site in Simi Valley
The Woolsey Fire, an out-of-control wildfire that started in Ventura County and moved into Malibu, where it is consuming homes along the coastal community, began as a brush fire near the site of a partial nuclear meltdown at a laboratory in Simi Valley, officials said Friday. This has raised concerns for some watchdog groups, neighbors…
36 hours of turmoil: Ventura County local helps sister evacuate fire as she grieves 4 slain Borderline pals
For 36 hours, her world was tossed into turmoil. Even as college student Madison Means grieved Friday for four of her pals killed in the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill, she was forced to react to another emergency: helping her sister suddenly leave home under mandatory evacuation orders as a wildfire approached….