The fire is burning close to Highway 395, which is closed in the area, and McGee Creek Road. Evacuation orders remain in place in the region for McGee Creek and Long Valley. Other neighboring communities, including Crowley Lake and Aspen Springs, are under evacuation warning. Reports of damage to at least 15 structures surfaced Friday morning.

A Pacific storm barreling toward Southern California has the potential to cause significant damage to the January wildfire burn scar areas, prompting evacuation warnings. Residents near the

Hours after the wind-whipped Pack fire ignited in Mono County on Thursday afternoon, damaging homes, a storm rolled in, bringing with it much needed precipitation.

In less than 24 hours, California experienced nearly a dozen weather and natural events - heavy rain, flooding, lightning, snow, high winds, landslides, fog, blowing dust, wildfires, a rainbow and an earthquake. And this came just one day after the aurora illuminated skies across the state and much of the nation.

An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river is dousing Southern California. More than four inches of rain fell over coastal Santa Barbara County early Friday as the storm moved south toward Los Angeles.

The 5 Freeway, a major artery in Southern California, closed for a live-fire event at Camp Pendleton in northern San Diego County that was attended by Vice President JD Vance.

A live-fire demonstration is planned at Camp Pendleton on Saturday, Oct. 18 to celebrate the Marine Corps’ 250 th birthday and America’s semi-quincentennial. But some Californians may be hearing more about a reported possible ramification: freeway ...