Winds have calmed significantly and the red flag warning for Ventura and part of Santa Barbara County will expire by 6 p.m. Wednesday. Humidity levels ...

A wildfire burning through Malibu that has sent thousands of people fleeing for safety, including Hollywood celebrities, forged west on Wednesday.

The state of South Carolina now faces a federal lawsuit that claims its treatment of people with mental illness is illegal.

Driven by fierce Santa Ana winds, the Franklin Fire in Malibu Canyon, in the hillsides near Pepperdine University, grew to more than 3,890 acres Wednesday with about 2,000 structures under mandatory ...