High-severity wildfires that kill large numbers of trees are now burning far more acreage in California than they did four decades ago, according to a UCLA study.
An ATF special agent returned to the stand Wednesday in the federal arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, telling jurors investigators found software on the defendant's phone linking him to the dark web.
Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting a blaze that prosecutors say grew into the deadly Palisades Fire.
Firefighters were able to quickly stop a brush fire burning near the 5 Freeway in Castaic, but not before it caused a major traffic backup.
A family displaced by the Eaton Fire filed a lawsuit alleging they were victims of rent gouging and charged more than $10k a month for a 3-bedroom home.
The southbound lanes of the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass were temporarily shut down after a brush fire broke out near the Skirball Cultural Center.