Northern California

19-year-old gunman mocked US food fair on social media one day before killing three at Gilroy garlic festival

Before a 19-year-old gunman opened fire on a famed garlic festival in his California hometown, he urged his Instagram followers to read a 19th-century book popular with white supremacists on extremist websites

Shooting at Gilroy Garlic festival: 3 dead, 12 injured in Northern California; witnesses say 'white man in his 30s' carried out shooting with rifle

Three people were killed and 12 others injured at an annual food festival in Northern California on Sunday after a shooting that sent panicked people running, according to a city official

California wildfires: Infernos char acres of land, firefighters continue to battle blazes

The Camp Fire and the Woolsey Fire are the two deadly wildfires burning at opposite ends of California.

Residents of Paradise head back into town to assess wildfire damage; over 4,000 officials working to restore gas and electricity

More than 50,000 people in Paradise and the neighbouring communities of Magalia and Concow were forced to quickly flee the towering, wind-driven flames that charred an area about the size of Chicago — 622 square kilometres — and became the deadliest US wildfire in at least a century.

California wildfires toll reaches 83: 560 names remain on missing list; 13,000 homes destoryed so far in blaze

A California sheriff said that two more sets of human remains have been found, bringing the death toll from the California wildfire to 83.

California wildfire: Number of missing people climbs to 631, Donald Trump set to visit Paradise on Saturday

The seven additional victims brings to 63 the number of people who have died in the Camp Fire. Authorities said the list of missing people had jumped from 300 to 631 during the day as investigators went back and reviewed emergency calls made when the so-called Camp Fire in northern California erupted on 8 November.

California wildfires: Search underway for over 100 missing people; Governor says state 'in midst of a catastrophe'

Firefighters backed by air tankers and helicopters battled California's raging wildfires for a seventh day on Wednesday as the authorities in the worst-hit county released a list of over 100 missing people.

California Police shares video of woman escaping wildfire; survivor drives through flames for two minutes

Two people lost their lives in the Southern California wildfire and at least 48 others in the Camp Fire in Northern California.

'We are not out of the woods yet': Southern California wildfire rises again in Santa Monica Mountains

A massive plume rose suddenly at midmorning in the Santa Monica Mountains near the community of Lake Sherwood, prompting authorities to send numerous aircraft to drop fire retardant and water on the blaze. Forecasters had warned of ongoing fire danger because of persistent Santa Ana winds, the withering, dry gusts that sweep out of the interior toward the coast, pushing back moist ocean breezes.

Toll in California wildfires rises to 29, making it deadliest in state's history; 250,000 people forced to flee homes

The "Camp Fire" — in the northern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains — is the largest and most destructive of several infernos that have sent 250,000 people fleeing their homes across the tinder-dry state, razing 6,400 homes in the town of Paradise and effectively wiping it off the map. "