Airbnb bans 'party houses' after deadly shooting in California
Airbnb's boss announced Saturday that the online platform, which offers private homes for rent for short periods, is banning "party houses" after a deadly shooting at a Halloween event in California. Five people were killed and others wounded in a Thursday night shooting in Orinda, ...
Southern California firefighters brace for resurgence of extreme winds
Firefighters braced late on Tuesday for a resurgence of strong Santa Ana desert winds across Southern California after a day of light breezes helped them gain ground against a blaze displacing thousands of Los Angeles residents near the famed Getty Center museum. City arson investigators ...
Automakers including Toyota side with Trump in California emissions standards fight
General Motors Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV plan to back President Donald Trump in a contentious battle with California officials over automobile emissions rules, splitting with major rivals including Ford Motor Co. GM, Toyota and several other automakers plan to intervene ...
Fires spread in California wine country; millions face power cuts
Californian officials warned Saturday that "extreme" wind conditions were set to fan wildfires across the north of the U.S. state as residents were ordered to evacuate and millions faced power cuts. Nearly 90,000 people were ordered to flee their homes in Sonoma County, north of ...
California utility considers more blackouts to avoid igniting wildfires
With windy, dry weather in the forecast again, California's largest utility said Monday it's considering shutting off power this week to about a half million people to try and prevent wildfires ignited by electrical equipment. Pacific Gas & Electric said shutoffs in the northern part ...
California launches earthquake early warning system it calls best in world
California rolled out the nation's first statewide earthquake warning system on Thursday, designed to detect seismic waves and alert residents through a mobile phone app even before the ground starts shaking. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who urged Californians to download the MyShake app on the anniversary ...
California outlaws private prisons and immigrant detention centers
California on Friday banned private prisons and immigrant detention centers under a bill signed by the liberal state's governor. The measure stipulates that beginning next year, the state's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is prohibited from entering into or renewing a contract with a private, ...
Rolling blackouts as California utility turns off power to millions to prevent wildfires
Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began Wednesday as a utility company started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. Pacific Gas & Electric, which announced the deliberate ...
Woman charged with vandalism over racist comments daubed on California 'comfort women' statue
A 65-year-old woman was charged Tuesday with vandalizing a memorial site in California dedicated to "comfort women," the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said. The term comfort women, or ianfu in Japanese, is a euphemism for women who provided sex, including those who did ...
California police investigating after 'comfort woman' statue vandalized for second time this summer
A controversial statue in Southern California depicting a hanbok-wearing Korean girl who symbolizes "comfort women" has been defaced for the second time this summer, according to police. A suspect vandalized the copper statue using a black marker and knocked over surrounding potted plants on Monday ...
Prominent California Democratic Party donor Edward Buck has been charged with operating a drug den after injecting a man with methamphetamine in his West Hollywood home where two other men previously died of apparent overdoses, prosecutors said. Buck, who donated to former President Barack Obama ...
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California's authority to set its own stricter tailpipe emissions standards, days before a major U.N. summit on averting climate change disaster. The move came after the state reached a deal with major automakers to produce ...
