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Range fires blackened hundreds of thousands of acres in eastern Oregon in a matter of hours in July.

These Oregon ranchers say the losses from summer range fires will be huge

More than a million acres of rangeland have burned in Oregon this summer. At times the wildfires barely made headlines, but ranchers say the economic fallout will be huge.

San Diego police officers pull over drivers in the Skyline neighborhood of San Diego on June 9, 2015.

Oversight board wants San Diego Police Department to change its vehicle pursuit policy. The police union is pushing back

The board recommended limiting vehicle pursuits to violent felonies. The police union called the suggestion dangerous.

Flames rise from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday.

Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria

The latest strikes came after Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a United Nations-declared buffer zone.

Former President Trump pumps his fist as he is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.

Mayorkas names panel to conduct review of Trump assassination attempt

The announcement comes in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last Saturday.

The Imperial Dam in Winterhaven, Calif., diverts Colorado River water toward California's Imperial Valley, a stretch of desert along the Mexican border. Farmers in the region use more Colorado River water each year than the states of New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming combined.

Can eating less beef and dairy help save the Colorado River?

Nearly half of the water drawn from the Colorado River goes to feed for beef and dairy cows. Researchers say modest changes in American diets could help farmers use less water — and help the climate.

Tubby, the dog of former state Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, sits during a news conference organized by the Californians for Safer Communities Coalition, April 18, 2024, in Culver City, Calif. Top California Democrats announced Sunday, June 30, they will ask voters to approve a plan cracking down on retail theft. The retailers’ proposal would make stealing a felony for repeat offenders and increase punishment for fentanyl dealing.

Top California Democrats announce ballot measure targeting retail theft

The plan is an effort to compete with a tough-on-crime initiative backed by law enforcement and retailers.

Irene Maiorino, left, and Alba Rohrwacher, right, play the adult versions of protagonists Lila and Lenù in the fourth season of My Brilliant Friend.

'My Brilliant Friend' returns for final season with two new stars

Alba Rohrwacher and Irene Maiorino discuss their roles as leads in the fourth and final season of the HBO series My Brilliant Friend, based on Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet novels.

Staff members at the Ocean View Growing Grounds in a part of San Diego that's considered a food desert. The site is managed by the group Global ARC whose president, Paul Watson, is standing on the left. April 17, 2024

NOURISH reimagines the food business to try to prevent food deserts

A new program takes a bottom-up approach to help source healthy food in low income neighborhoods.

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones stands outside the federal courthouse after a June bankruptcy hearing in Houston.

A bidding war is brewing for Alex Jones’ media empire

Infowars is on the auction block, and would-be-buyers have opposite agendas.

An aerial view shows flood damage left by Hurricane Helene along the Nolichucky River in norteastern Tennessee on Sept. 28. ecovery has been slow in the mountainous area of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.

'I’m so grateful to these people.' Latino workers in storm-hit Tennessee feel isolated but hopeful

There are barriers preventing many Latino farm workers in northeastern Tennessee from trying to get help, but the extended Latino community is bringing the help to them.

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