The death toll from wildfires that have been raging near Los Angeles since early this month rose to 29 on Monday, officials said.

The death toll from the devastating fires in the Los Angeles area has risen to 29. One person died in hospital over the weekend as a result of the "Palisades" fire on the western edge of Los Angeles,

California water regulators have said there's no truth to President Donald Trump's claim that the U_S_ military entered the state and “turned on the water.”

Donald Trump said the U.S. military entered California and opened a large flow of water to fight fires, but state officials denied those claims.

California hit back against Donald Trump's claims that the military "turned on the water" to fight ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area. The president signed an executive order seeking to get around federal and state laws covering the state's water system to provide enough resources to fight the wildfires,

A new bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza) outbreak has been discovered in California. The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World Organization for Animal Health.

A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California's Merced County. All the ducks were euthanized.