A semi-truck caught fire on Highway 41 in Madera County, causing traffic to be diverted and southbound traffic to be shut down with no estimated reopening time.

Two people died in a car fire following a crash on Hickman Road in Stanislaus County. The cause remains under investigation.

At least 20 customers were ushered into storage closets in Bloomingdales by store security alongside Bilal Zuberi and his wife, who posted about the incident on X. He did not hear shots, but said there was general panic and an overhead announcement telling them the doors were locked and they should remain where they were.

A shelter-in-place order was lifted in San Pedro hours after a fire erupted on a container ship docked in the Port of L.A.

A fire broke out on a container ship in San Pedro Friday prompting a large firefighter response at the dock. The fire was reported around 7:13 p.m. on the container ship “1 Henry Hudson,” according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Firefighters say the last original building of a historic lumber company in Auburn was destroyed in a fire. Crews from around the region – including Cal Fire, Auburn City Fire and Newcastle Fire – responded to the former Cal-Ida Lumber Mill near Highway 49 and Hulbert Way late Monday night.

Ten months after the fire, many Altadena families remain displaced because permitting, remediation and housing policies are not designed for urban fire disasters. Here’s a road map to address these failures.

The night the Palisades Fire swept over the ridgeline, residents felt the heat before they saw the flames. Within minutes, entire neighborhoods vanished, and by morning, thousands of homes were lost.