By Ben Christopher, CalMatters The speedy processing of building permit applications is not typically considered a popular ...

Those deemed lucky because their homes are standing reckon with what remains all around them: lonely moonscapes that look ...

The Altadena Mountain Rescue Team, which partners with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, continues its mission to not only locate and rescue lost hikers, but to help serve various emergency calls ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city ...

Thousands flee as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance on Bukavu, Congo's second-largest eastern city, amid reports of looting and violence.

M y wife — as usual — understood the situation before I did. The night before, Monday, Jan. 6, we’d both been awoken by the wind. Hundred-year-old pine branches snapping off like matchsticks. Iron ...

California legislators came together on Monday to announce bipartisan legislation to strengthen penalties for looting and ...