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Around 1,200 people are evacuated from the Hungry Valley area near Los Angeles, California, United States, as the Post Fire spreads through the dry mountains near Interstate 5.
2024-06-16

Nine firefighters are injured when a truck fuel tank explodes in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
2024-02-15

In the United States, Maui County officials announce that more than 93 people have died in the wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, making it the deadliest American wildfire since 1918, surpassing the death toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in California.
2023-08-13

The United States Census Bureau announces the country's total population to be over 331 million people, thereby marking the second-slowest growth rate in its history. It also announces that Texas will gain two congressional seats during the redistricting process, with Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon gaining one seat each; California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will each lose a seat.
2021-04-26

Tesla Inc. withdraws from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board's probe of a fatal Model X crash in California. Tesla had drawn the NTSB's ire by releasing information publicly about its view of the case and about the car's Autopilot feature, something the Board does not allow during active investigations.
2018-04-12

In the United States, the California Labor Commission ruled that a San Francisco Uber driver is a company employee, not a contractor. Uber appealed this ruling, that would increase the company's costs and liabilities, to the state's court system. A hearing for a class certification of a similar lawsuit against Uber is scheduled for August 2015.
2015-06-17

Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis ("Serpico", "Death Wish") dies in Los Angeles, California ending a movie career that spanned seven decades in both the United States and Italy.
2010-11-10

Concerns are held about a cult-like group of Salvadoran migrants to the United States in Palmdale, California, who have gone missing after leaving a note that they were going to meet Jesus. They are later found alive in a park.
2010-09-19

Ly Tong allegedly attacks Dam Vinh Hung with pepper spray during a concert in California, United States, accusing him of being a proponent of Communism.
2010-07-20

A powerful storm in California, United States, causes the evacuation of at least 200 homes in threat of mudslides, and knocks out power for 65,000 customers. One fatality is reported in Kern County.
2010-01-19