Kelly Whitney

A wind-driven fire burning near Gaviota in Santa Barbara County prompted closures of Highway 101 and the evacuation of the coastal El Capitan campground Thursday afternoon.

A day after a powerful quake rattled Southern California, residents of Ridgecrest were shaken awake Friday morning by a 5.4 magnitude aftershock.

A magnitude-6.4 earthquake rattled Southern California Thursday morning, with residents reporting feeling it from the high desert to the coast.

A brush fire in Valencia Sunday sent smoke billowing into the sky and prompting an evacuation of Magic Mountain and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor because of the air quality.

The 101 Freeway was closed in both directions in Calabasas for more than an hour Saturday after a reportedly armed driver led officers on a car chase before crashing, which led to a standoff and police shooting.

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The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said it is investigating two deaths possibly related to the Woolsey Fire that’s been burning a destructive path across two counties since Thursday.

A day after officials found personal belongings of a missing Santa Clarita family along a Northern California river, authorities said Friday they discovered a body.

Personal belongings of a missing Santa Clarita family have been found along a Northern California river where it is believed they may have been swept away in heavy rains.

The same Californians who had to flee from huge wildfires in recent months now have to deal with hard rains that brought deadly and destructive mudslides. The storm left behind several major road closures and some neighborhoods remain evacuated.

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for several areas of Santa Barbara County affected by recent wildfires — including the massive Thomas Fire — ahead of an impending storm expected to cause mudslides and flooding.

Eight people suffered non-life-threatening injuries Saturday when a Boeing 737 passenger jet collided with an airport utility truck on a taxiway at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.

Dodgers great Tommy Lasorda has been hospitalized, a team spokesman confirmed Saturday.

A student who was wounded in the shooting at a San Bernardino elementary school earlier this week is now home and recovering, a school district spokesperson said Friday.

Raw video from early Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, shows a heavy storm moving into Southern California. NewsChopper4 was over downtown Los Angeles, and NBC4 also had a crew in Santa Monica, where wind whipped up at the beach.

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