Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday said the state of Florida has offered help to assist the people of California in responding to deadly wildfires that have prompted mandatory evacuations of more than 80,000 people.

Typhoon Usagi has swamped rural villages in floods, knocked down power and displaced thousands more people before blowing away from the northern Philippines, which has been pounded by five major storms in less than a month.

Voters in a Southern California city have rejected a measure that would have allowed residents who aren’t U.S. citizens to vote in local elections.

Typhoon Yinxing battered the northern Philippines with floods and landslides before blowing away from the country, leaving two airports damaged and aggravating a calamity caused by back-to-back storms that hit in recent weeks.

Voters in a Southern California city are going to decide this November whether residents who aren't U.S. citizens can vote in local elections.

Prosecutors say a 21-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022.

After withdrawing from two huge U.S. military bases in the Philippines at the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, American forces are returning and building a new presence in nine sites on Philippine bases under a 2014 defense pact to counter China's increasingly assertive actions.

Disney has received a key approval to expand its theme park offerings in California as it seeks to build new, immersive lands for visitors.

Firefighters are making progress against a Southern California wildfire but authorities say thousands of homes still remain threatened.

Chile extended an emergency declaration to yet another region on Saturday as firefighters continued to struggle to control dozens of raging wildfires that have claimed at least 22 lives in the midst of a scorching heat wave that has broken records.

It is a long and sometimes dangerous journey for avocados destined for guacamole on tables and tailgates in the United States during the Super Bowl.

California won’t make children get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools.

A new U.S. study finds that reports of young children accidentally eating marijuana-laced treats rose sharply as pot became legal in more places.

On the heels of a nationwide warning from the Drug Enforcement Administration about fentanyl-related mass-overdose deaths, News4JAX has learend that police in Southern California seized more than 20 pounds of the drug during a bust in Santa Ana.

An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet — an opinion that highlights the intense scientific divide over the question.

New U.S. studies show COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death.

Smoke and steam from water dropped from a firefighting helicopter rise from the Getty Fire in Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES - The race to stop an inferno torching parts of the Los Angeles area will get more dangerous, as the flames are stoked by hurricane-force winds. The latest brush fire erupted in Simi Valley, 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles and home to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The good news: Forecasters say winds will weaken through Thursday, and more residents can go home. In Southern California, more than 304,100 faced a possible power shutoff, Southern California Edison said.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A California man has been convicted of posting online threats and sending malicious messages to relatives of victims of the 2018 Florida school shooting. Court records show 22-year-old Brandon Fleury, of Santa Ana, California, was found guilty on Tuesday by a federal jury of cyberstalking and threatening a kidnapping. Trial evidence shows Fleury used 13 different Instagram accounts to target people close to the 17 high school students and staff killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. One message read "I killed your loved ones ha ha ha.'' Many of Fleury's messages used the photo of 21-year-old Nikolas Cruz, who faces the death penalty if convicted of the shootings.

The agency described him as 40 years old, while L.A. County booking records listed his age as 36. "(Disdier) was reportedly sitting on top of the vehicle holding a chain saw," according to the statement. Officers quickly caught up with the BMW and tried to pull it over, but the driver fled, officials said. The driver led officers on a chase at speeds of more than 70 mph before transitioning to the 90 Freeway, then headed toward Venice Beach on surface streets. "A search of the BMW revealed the chainsaw was a toy prop," the statement said.