Sting, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform at FireAid benefit concert

NEW YORK (AP) — Sting, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the performers slated to take the stage at FireAid, a benefit concert for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief. Announced last week, FireAid was originally scheduled to take place at the Intuit Dome in...

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The Latest: Trump leaves the stage at raucous Washington ‘victory rally’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Here’s what to know today: A raucous victory rally on Sunday highlighted President-elect Donald Trump ’s first full day back in Washington since the election. Republicans are celebrating his return to the White House and projecting defiant optimism despite...

Fire-ravaged Southern California braces for gusty winds and heightened wildfire risk

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern Californians are bracing for gusty winds and a heightened risk of wildfires, less than two weeks after the outbreak of deadly blazes that have killed at least 27 people and charred thousands of homes. The National Weather Service has issued a warning of...

Al Capone called it his sweetheart. The pistol that saved his life is coming to Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — It was on a school playground where she learned her last name carries weight, when another girl pointed a finger at her and ordered the other kids to follow her. “Let’s go,” the girl said. “That’s a Capone.” Diane Capone Pette is the...

Why are lone homes left standing after the fires? It's not entirely luck

Emails and videos of burned buildings in Los Angeles next to those left standing have been flying back and forth among architects, builders and fire safety specialists around the world. For many homeowners, like Enrique Balcazar, the sometimes scattershot nature of the carnage can...

Families of wildfire victims mired in grief, questioning what more could have been done

The house was burning with her brother-in-law and nephew inside when Jackie McDaniels flagged down a firetruck and begged for help. "Whoever is in there is no longer alive,” she recalled one of the firemen telling her before urging her to flee her Altadena neighborhood. “I pray...

California officials warn against price gouging as rents soar in fire-stricken Los Angeles

Southern California's expensive housing market is going to get a lot more competitive after deadly firestorms torched more than 12,000 homes and other structures in the Los Angeles area, leaving tens of thousands of people without a place to stay. Already there are reports of...

On LA fire lines, inmates shoulder heavy packs and tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a day

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Sal Almanza has worked 24-hour shifts in grueling terrain, cutting fire lines and hauling away brush trying to keep ahead of fires that have devastated several Los Angeles neighborhoods. But when the fires are finally out, he won't be going back to his family: He'll be...

Navajo Nation firefighters battle wildfires in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters from the Navajo Nation worked tirelessly through a haze of dust to cut away dirt from a narrow road at the side of a mountain struck by a landslide in Southern California, coughing and sneezing amid the backbreaking work. It was the Navajo Scouts’...