Wildfires in Southern California have prompted major discussions about water in the state. Here's an overview of where water comes from in the region.

California has faced budget crises before, but this could be the perfect storm of a chronically unbalanced budget made infinitely worse by disaster.

A door was apparently not fully closed on a homebuilt airplane that crashed in Southern California earlier this month.

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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California replaced Adel Hagekhalil with Deven Upadhyay after an investigation into claims of harassment.

The typical American renting a single-family house pays $2,357 monthly – nearly half of what’s charged across Southern California. Last year, landlords across the U.S. could only get a $19 a month rent hike, or 0.8%.

Rain has mostly moved out of Southern California after the first significant storm of the season brought weekend downpours that aided firefighters

Rain brought much needed aid to the Los Angeles firefight, moving the fires surrounding the city closer to containment.

Rain was falling across Southern California on Sunday, bringing some relief to thousands of firefighters battling multiple major blazes for nearly a month in the Los Angeles area, but also prompting new threats of floods and mudslides across burn-scarred lands.

This file captures the news of the California wildfires from Sunday, Jan. 27. For the latest updates on the fires, follow USA TODAY's coverage for Monday, Jan. 27. Intermittent showers sweeping across Southern California on Sunday provided welcome relief for firefighters battling devastating wildfires but threatened to bring an unwelcome side effect — mudslides.

The Southern California wildfires have left entire neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades and Altadena reduced to ashes, but the rebuilding process is already being

Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International , said on Monday preliminary analysis of data showed a "momentary and expected increase in current" on its energized lines in the Eaton Canyon corridor on Jan.