Three major wildfires in Southern California’s mountains east of Los Angeles torched dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate, officials said Wednesday.
Four men were recently charged in connection with a string of thefts across Southern California in which over $50,000 worth of air conditioning units were stolen from new home construction sites, according to police, who said the probe was led by investigators in southwest Riverside County.
As a heat wave bears down on Southern California, bringing triple-digit heat to the Inland Empire, firefighters continued their battle against a fire that broke out in Riverside County.
The share of supercommuters — people who travel more than 90 minutes to get to work — is rising across the nation, but it may be rising fastest in California.