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Firefighters working under a red flag warning Sunday continued the process of containing the Saddleridge Fire in the northern San Fernando Valley and looking for hot spots to put out as low humidity and gusty winds returned.

media are reporting that the wife of an American official who left the U.K. after being involved in a fatal road accident no longer has diplomatic immunity. BBC and Sky News said Sunday that U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had told the family of Harry Dunn that “immunity is no longer pertinent” because the suspect has left the U.K. The...

A San Diego woman was waiting anxiously Friday behind evacuation lines set for the 800-plus-acre fire burning in Calimesa to hear from officials what she can already feel in her heart: That her 89-year-old mother perished alone in the flames.

A San Diego woman believes her mother was killed in the Sandalwood Fire burning in Calimesa. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda has the story.

All evacuations were lifted Saturday and residents were being allowed to return to their neighborhoods, as firefighters made progress in the battle against a wildfire that destroyed homes in the northern San Fernando Valley.

Emmy night is always a chaotic mix of the humorous, the emotional and the inspirational, mixed with some major sequins and glitter. And on this Emmy night, all those elements came together in one glorious moment: Billy Porter’s win as best actor in a drama for “Pose,” the first openly gay actor to win the award. But Porter’s speech wasn’t...

And the category, a jubilant Billy Porter said as he made Emmys history, “is love, y’all, love.” Porter, known for making fashion statements on red carpets, became the first openly gay man to win an Emmy for best actor in a drama series for his role of Pray Tell on FX’s “Pose.” “I am so overwhelmed and so overjoyed that...

UC San Diego has added a big name to its dining options: Soda & Swine. The stunning new restaurant has taken over a familiar spot on the campus in La Jolla. Eater San Diego shares those details, plus other top stories of the week from San Diego’s food and drink scene.

Todrick Hall has been preaching about inclusion, self-acceptance and gay pride for much of his career. So it made sense that he would preach about those messages as he accepted an MTV Video Music Award on behalf of Taylor Swift for her anti-hate anthem “You Need to Calm Down.” The clip, which he co-produced, stars himself and close friend Swift,...

The New York state Health Department has revoked the medical license of a doctor who conducted unsanctioned research on people associated with a cult-like self-improvement group.

California’s early warning system didn’t send out an alert before Thursday or Friday’s quake because it’s still under development in San Diego.

Freshman U.S. Rep. Katie Porter on Monday threw her support behind an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, adding another Democratic lawmaker to those clamoring for the move.

In suburban Philadelphia, it took a little more than eight minutes into the question-and-answer session at freshman Rep. Madeleine Dean’s town hall before someone asked about impeachment. The topic was broached in Southern California as Rep. Katie Porter fielded other questions on health care, homelessness, border security and the minimum wage. In military heavy Yorktown, along coastal Virginia, another newly...

A ride-hailing driver shot and killed a New Mexico passenger earlier this year during an argument over “a large amount of vomit” in his Uber vehicle, prosecutors said in new documents. Court documents submitted by the Bernalillo County district attorney last week said the vomit and an argument over a cleanup fee led to the shooting, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

A Sherpa mountaineer extended his record for successful climbs of Mount Everest with his 24th ascent of the world’s highest peak on Tuesday. Kami Rita reached the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak Tuesday, which was his second time on the summit in a week. He climbed to the top on May 15 then returned to base camp before climbing again this week....

As California’s fire crews prepare for what is expected to be another year of uncontrollable blazes, the state’s top leaders are urging residents to take their own action to prevent wildfires. Governor Gavin Newsom and California’s first responders announced a statewide push to prepare residents for the “inevitable” fires expected to ravage the state this year. “Californians need to accept...

A 12-year-old girl was accidentally shot by a 12-year-old boy, possibly her cousin, as the two played in an RV in the driveway of a Fallbrook home Friday afternoon.