Julie Watson

Margelis Rodriguez, right, of Venezuela, gets a hug from her son Mickel during a birthday party at a shelter for migrants in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Migrants stranded in Mexico try to restart life after Trump eliminates legal pathway to US

February 11, 2025 at 8:34 a.m.

Margelis Rodriguez and her two children took selfies on their flight to Tijuana, showing off the T-shirts she had custom-made to mark what she expected to be her family’s life-changing...

A California Department of Corrections hand crew works containment lines ahead of the Palisades Fire Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Winds, arsonists complicate fight against LA-area wildfires as crews report progress

January 15, 2025 at 7:17 p.m.

Firefighters reported significant gains Wednesday against the two massive wildfires burning around Los Angeles while also extinguishing smaller blazes set by arsonists as a final round of windy, flame-fanning weather moved through...

Firefighters walk along a road in a fire-ravaged community in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Dire fire warning for LA area pushed back as winds ease

January 14, 2025 at 9:20 p.m.

A beefed-up firefighting force was staged around Los Angeles to attack flare-ups or new blazes and anxious residents prepared for more fire danger as winds began to build Tuesday, a...

A congregant is hugged by a priest during a religious service in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire at Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025 in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

More firefighters rush to Los Angeles as stronger winds are forecast

January 13, 2025 at 3:17 p.m.

After making some progress battling wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area, firefighters prepared for a return of dangerous winds...

A plume of smoke rises from the Palisades Fire on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Locher)

With their Los Angeles-area homes still smoldering, families return to search the ruins for memories

January 11, 2025 at 11:18 a.m.

Calmer winds enabled firefighters to start gaining some control of the biggest blazes in metropolitan LA on Friday.

Water is dropped by helicopter on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Fires devastating Los Angeles grow more slowly as fierce winds die down

January 10, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

The two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area have killed at least 10 people and burned more than 10,000 homes and other structures, officials said.

Firefighters look out over the Kenneth Fire, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in the West Hills section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

New Los Angeles-area fire prompts more evacuations as officials say over 10,000 structures have burned

January 9, 2025 at 10:18 p.m.

A new fire prompted evacuations Thursday in and around Los Angeles even as firefighters aided by calmer winds saw the first signs of successfully beating back the region’s deadly and...

A firefighter battles the Eaton Fire, Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (Ethan Swope/AP)

Hollywood Hills fire breaks out as deadly wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area

January 8, 2025 at 10:00 p.m.

Massive wildfires roaring through the Los Angeles area have left neighborhoods in ruins, killing at least five people and threatening landmarks made famous by Hollywood.

A firefighter makes a stand in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

Los Angeles wildfire forces 30,000 people under evacuation orders

January 7, 2025 at 9:46 p.m.

Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a potentially “life-threatening, destructive” windstorm hit Southern California on Tuesday, fanning the blaze...

A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies during training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. A Marine Corps helicopter, like the one pictured, that had been missing with five troops aboard as an historic storm continued drenching California was found Wednesday morning, Feb. 7, 2024, in a mountainous area outside San Diego.(K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

Marine Corps confirms the worst: All 5 troops killed in helicopter crash in California mountains

February 8, 2024 at 10:48 p.m.

The military says efforts are underway to recover the remains of five U.S. Marines who were killed when their helicopter went down during stormy weather in the mountains outside of...

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