The Modesto firefighters were met with a swarm of bees when they were dispatched to douse a blaze that started at a beehive and spread to nearby grassland.

Captors allegedly threatened to harm the migrants unless family members paid a ransom, which in one case totaled $11,000.

The outages come as a heat wave continues to scorch Southern California, causing ‘dangerously hot conditions’ and triple-digit temperatures even into the night.

Los Angeles County and surrounding areas were under a red flag warning as temperatures reached more than 100 degrees in some areas.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District issues an air quality alert due to elevated fine particle pollution levels due to wildfire smoke and ozone pollution.

The 3-year-old girl, whose mother was in the car with her, died Friday in what authorities believe to be complications from a heatstroke.

A 4-year-old girl was fatally mauled by her family pit bull in the San Joaquin Valley city of Visalia, according to authorities. The girl and the pet were “inseparable.”

The California governor and Kamala Harris both launched their political careers in San Francisco two decades ago. Now, he’s fundraising and promoting her run for the White House.

The shrub-like oak tree has been a fixture of the landscape since mastodons and saber-toothed cats last roamed Southern California.

Jamie McBride, director of the union for most rank-and-file Los Angeles Police Department officers, faces multiple internal investigations related to his company, Watermark Security.