As the governor declares of a state of emergency, local firefighters are helping to contain the 18 wildfires currently plaguing California.
Photos from residents, firefighters and local photographers document the devastation caused by our most recent wildfires.
One firefighter has been killed, homes and outbuildings burned, thousands of acres blackened--with new evacuations ordered Saturday night.
Two divers exploring caves had to be rescued.
Do you recognize the man in these surveillance photos?
Manhattan Beach Blvd and Redondo Ave -- Accident
The attorney and reality star was found dead Wednesday when police responded to a call at their home.
Police say they were driving a stolen SUV when they were arrested.
The accident happened back in February.
“If you don’t have to go, don’t go,” said a Caltrans spokeswoman. Alternate routes are listed.
Tickets for texting while driving increased 35 percent this year during Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
The Freeway connecting Southern California to Las Vegas was scorched but is now reopened.
Los Angeles International Airport police are looking for a pair of lovebirds, who lost their wedding scrapbook at the airport last year.
Do you recognize this burglar, who accidentally filmed himself committing the burglary on the victim's own camera?
The drones are endangering lives and homes, according to fire managers frustrated by the unauthorized flights.
As local politicians hedge on the President's historic deal, officials at the Simon Wiesenthal Center swiftly condemned the accord.
A 12-year-old South Bay girl, who went missing Sunday, has been found safe.
At least six passengers were injured.
Police are asking for help finding a 12-year-old girl who went for a walk Sunday in Manhattan Beach but never returned home.
An oil shortage forces gas prices to spike. Patch has your cheapest prices around town.
A pair of painters hired to work on a Bel Air home under construction allegedly returned with dates to rob the home and swim in the pool.
Manhattan Police arrested a man they say found hidden keys to get into cars and steal wallets racking up more than $150,000 in purchases.
It's a scam, the FTC explains.
Passengers were told to “brace for impact” before landing.
The arrests spilled into Redondo Beach. None of the suspects were from either city.
A missing swimmer who triggered a Coast Guard rescue operation turned out to be a drunken beach house party crasher, police say.
A two-year-old girl suffered burns to her hands and feet after climbing into a fire pit.
A man surrendered to police after allegedly spraying painting messages around town in opposition to the state's new mandatory vaccine law.
A man hired to hack into hundreds of people's emails to get nude photos to post on the revenge porn site isanyoneup.com has pleaded guilty.
Police are looking for a man who repeatedly slashed another man in the face on the bus between Hollywood and the South Bay.
Two people have been hospitalized following a single-car rollover crash.
Damian Newhart, the “rolled- sleeves bandit,’ became addicted to drugs as a dentist and started robbing banks to support his habit.
Humidity continues to build this week, bring a chance of heavy rain to the mountains and valleys, say forecasters.
Dry lightning, strong winds and an already parched landscape have prompted an increase in fire staffing this weekend.
It took a jury less than an hour to find a trio of deputies guilty of punching and pepper spraying a jail visitor and then lying about it.
An 82-year-old dementia patient missing since Sunday has been found in Blythe, although police haven't determined how he ended up there.
Eighty-two-year-old Amir Chafai was last seen Sunday.
Responding to a burglar alarm, Manhattan Beach police found a 21-year-old Compton man allegedly in the acting of burglarizing a home.