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The fire, likely due to a faulty hot water tank, began to rage during the morning of Monday, Dec. 13. Though none of the residents — Georgina “Gege” Haywood, grandson Bronxton, and Gege’s parents, Connie and Hubert “Skeeter” Hale — were home, the family eventually lost the house. With it went treasured memories, irreplaceable items

OCEANSIDE — A two-alarm fire gutted a Rubio’s restaurant in Oceanside early Thursday and fire investigators are trying to figure out how it started, officials said. Someone called 911 shortly after midnight to report smelling burning rubber coming from the stand-alone restaurant on the corner of Oceanside Boulevard and College Boulevard. When firefighters arrived they

Firefighters knocked down the blaze, which caused the roof of a commercial building to collapse. NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — A greater alarm fire tore through a row of commercial buildings in North Hollywood Monday afternoon. It took about 100 firefighters to knock down the blaze in the 6200 block of North Laurel Canyon Boulevard, according

A father and son have been arrested on suspicion of starting the Caldor Fire, which burned hundreds of thousands of acres in California over the course of more than two months this fall. David Scott Smith, 66, and Travis Shane Smith, 32, are accused of “reckless arson” but have not been formally charged with a

The blaze was reported in the 10900 block of Dawson Canyon Road, according to Cal Fire/Riverside Country Fire Department. LAKE MATHEWS, CA — Firefighters stopped the forward spread of a brush fire that burned 15 acres south of Corona near Lake Mathews Sunday. The blaze was reported at 1:03 p.m. in the 10900 block of

(CNN)More than 70,000 homes and businesses in Southern California lost power on Thanksgiving as the region battles dangerously dry conditions and high winds, with gusts topping 70 mph in some areas. The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for parts of multiple counties, including San Diego, Los Angeles and Ventura — collectively affecting more

The putrid stench that wafted across Carson, California — just south of downtown Los Angeles — for nearly two months is no longer a mystery. A local air pollution agency recently traced the fumes to a September warehouse fire, which leached chemicals from wellness and beauty products into the Dominguez Channel, a 15.7-mile river that

Fire crews acted with heightened urgency at a two-alarm house fire Thursday night in southeast Fresno amid fears that two or more people might have been inside. The Fresno Fire Department, just after 7 p.m., received reports of the house fire in the area of Braly and Sarah avenues. As firefighters were responding, according to

A raging fire gutted a textile business in a large commercial building south of downtown Los Angeles. The fire, which occurred on Thursday, was the second fire at the site that week. The fire was reported just before 8 p.m. and flames were burning through the roof when firefighters arrived, the Los Angeles Fire Department

LOS ANGELES, CA — Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service were among crews who responded Thursday to a brush fire in Sylmar. The Lopez fire broke out at noon Thanksgiving Day at 11950 N. Lopez Canyon Road, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. Smoke was visible from Interstate 210 as the wildfire burned near the