New data: Earthquake fault runs under major Beverly Hills thoroughfare

An earthquake fault runs through the famous shopping district on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, new data indicate.

200,000 people flee Southern California as wildfires continue to rage

Hundreds of Los Angeles area schools shut their doors on Thursday as raging wildfires wreaked havoc on Southern California, forcing about 200,000 people to flee and destroying hundreds of houses.

Growing Wildfire Threatens Hundreds of Homes North of Los Angeles

A rapidly growing wildfire in the foothills north of Los Angeles threatened hundreds of homes on Monday and forced nearby residents and students at a small college to evacuate, officials said.

California residents evacuated as wildfire grows to 2,000 acres

Hundreds of California residents were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire grew to 2,000 acres overnight and threatened homes.

World's most powerful rooftop solar project completed in California

A just-completed rooftop solar project will power nearly 5,000 homes in southern California, making it the most powerful of its kind in the world, officials said Monday.

Strong earthquake could cause part of California Coast to sink: new study

A new research showed evidence of abrupt sinking of one of Southern California's top seismic danger zones caused by ancient earthquakes that shook the area at least three times in the past 2,000 years.

'Big One' Coming? Small Quakes Pepper Southern California

Concerns that a violent earthquake will shatter Southern California were revived on New Year’s Eve after some 250 small earthquakes rattled a wide area southeast of Los Angeles.

Salton Sea Fault: New fault discovered in earthquake-prone Southern California region

A swarm of nearly 200 small earthquakes that shook Southern California residents in the Salton Sea area last week raised concerns they might trigger a larger earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault.

Nearly 200 earthquakes hit near SoCal's Salton Sea, USGS says. Scientists say earthquakes that occur near fault lines increase the chance that a larger quake will follow.

Almost 200 earthquakes were recorded in Southern California's Salton Sea in roughly a 24-hour period, geologists said Tuesday.

Thousands Forced Out of Homes by 2 California Wildfires

Two large wildfires are raging in Southern California, threatening thousands of homes and forcing evacuations.

Two fires sweep over Angeles National Forest in LA, forcing evacuation

Two fast-moving brush fires tore through vegetation on Monday in the Angeles National Forest and the foothills above Duarte and Azusa in Los Angeles, burning more than 2,000 acres within three hours amid blistering heat wave.

Earthquake shakes California desert area (104 km NE of San Diego, local time: 01:04)

A moderate earthquake hit the Palm Springs area early Friday and was felt across parts of Southern California, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Heat wave hits S. California, LA breaks heat record

A heat wave came to Southern California on Friday and the temperature in downtown Los Angeles rose to a new record high on Saturday.

Just before 1 p.m. local time, the temperature in downtown area reached 93 fahrenheit degrees (about 33.9 celsius degrees), well above the previous record of 88 fahrenheit degrees (31 celsius degree) set on March 14, 1951, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).