From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Efforts to battle the 1,250-acre fire in eastern California were complicated by strong winds, which were expected to continue through Monday. By Amanda Holpuch A wildfire in eastern California ...

March 31 (Reuters) - A rapidly growing wildfire in California's Eastern Sierra region burned through 1,000 acres and forced evacuations in multiple counties, the California Department of Forestry ...

Good morning and happy Friday. A cool and drizzly morning is in store for SoCal, but more sun is on the way this afternoon. Orange County beaches will be much cooler this morning with temperatures ...

Mark McDermott  Mark Sundeen heard the call. It was a beckoning countless others have heard across two centuries of American ...

In Southern California, sea lions are becoming ill and acting out of character. The Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute stated on their Facebook page that there are "overwhelming reports ...

The California Public Utilities Commission has fined Southern California Edison $2.2 million for 2022's deadly Fairview Fire that ravaged more than 28,000 acres and destroyed nearly three dozen ...

Cal Fire released new fire hazard severity maps for Southern California on Monday, March 24, the final piece in a 2025 statewide rollout. While Cal Fire mapped “very high” wildfire zones under ...

THIS IS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SO WE’RE KIND OF ZOOMING IN ON THAT FOR YOU RIGHT THERE. THE MAPS PUT NEARLY 4 MILLION PEOPLE NOW IN HAZARDOUS ZONES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR CODING HERE.

FORT BLISS, Texas — Joint Task Force-Southern Border, a newly-announced headquarters element from the 10th Mountain Division, assumed control of the southern border mission on March 14, 2025 ...

Sea lions and other ocean mammals in Southern California are falling victim to a poisoning event that a local expert calls the worst in recent memory. It is stranding the mammals along the coast ...