RANCHO MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Southern California have contained 75 percent of a brush fire that burned more than 250 acres in Rancho Mission Viejo, authorities said.
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif., April 23 (UPI) -- Authorities in California said firefighters performed artificial respiration on a cat rescued from a blaze until it began to breathe on its own.
YORBA LINDA, Calif., March 10 (UPI) -- A magnitude 3.1 earthquake shook northern Orange County, Calif., Tuesday, part of series of recent small quakes in the area, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Cooler temperatures and a lull in the winds Monday allowed Southern California firefighters to make more progress against a trio of devastating wildfires.
GARDEN GROVE , Calif., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Health officials are warning Southern California residents to take precautions against a severe threat of mosquito-borne West Nile disease.
BUENA PARK, Calif., June 23 (UPI) -- Twenty-four people had to be rescued at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif., when an observation tower became stuck, officials said.
SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Arson was considered a possible cause of one of the destructive wildfires burning across Southern California Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES, June 24 (UPI) -- Southern California has its own band of ghost hunters who search for spirits and other paranormal activity in the area.
SANTA ANA, Calif., April 24 (UPI) -- Fire ants are reappearing in California's Orange County the result, say some critics, of the state ending its fire ant eradication funding in 2003.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- A stubborn brush fire that swept through an Orange County canyon is nearly contained, California authorities said Sunday. The Sierra fire, which began nearly a week ago in Santa Ana Mountains, has consumed 10,854 acres, the Los Angeles Times reported.
