It was the first time Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson faced lawmakers in public since he announced he would not be using the bailout money to buy bad debt as he’d promised.

Stacks of charred bricks, blackened shells of cars and burned tree trunks are all that remain in much of a Los Angeles community some residents once called the “Beverly Hills of mobile home parks.“
   

Fire officials say wind of “near hurricane force” has grounded some of their water-dropping aircraft as they battle a wildfire that has burned at least 10 homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate in northern Los Angeles.

A fire chief in Santa Barbara, California, says control of a wildfire that’s destroyed more than 100 homes is “not even in sight.“

An official in Santa Barbara County, Calif., says a brush fire has destroyed about 70 homes in the upscale community of Montecito.

It’s time to break out the skis and head to the mountaintop.

A rally opposing a proposed ban on same-sex marriage in California turned ugly Friday night.

The grandfather of a kidnapped 6-year-old Nevada boy has been arrested in Southern California after police named him a “person of interest” in the abduction.

Fueled by the annual Santa Ana winds wildfires burn out of control across parts of Southern California.

At least two deaths are being blamed on wildfires threatening communities near Los Angeles.

911 tapes of fatal California train crash released. Listen to the calls.