A mansion in one of Los Angeles’ most exclusive neighborhoods was engulfed in flames Thursday evening.The blaze was reported at about 5:30 p.m. on the 10800 block of West Bellagio Road in the Holmby Hills area of Bel Air.

A 12-inch cast iron water transmission main break in San Mateo on Thursday sent brown water spewing throughout streets and homes in a residential neighborhood, and closed a nearby church and school for the day because of all the flooding in the basement.

A collision between an AC Transit bus and a sedan Thursday morning in Berkeley left one person dead, authorities said. The incident was reported about 6:40 a.m. when the driver of a red car, traveling southbound on California Street, collided with an AC Transit bus going westbound on Ashby Avenue, said Sgt. Andrew Frankel of the Berkeley Police Department.

The wildfire season in California may be over, but insurers and their customers are still reeling from the aftermath of devastating losses relating to homes, businesses and vehicles.

Former Washington Wizards player Rasual Butler and a woman in his car were killed in an early morning crash in Los Angeles, the LA County Coroner confirmed Wednesday.

Insurance claims from last fall’s deadly California wildfires have reached $11.8 billion, making it the most expensive series of wildfires in state history, an official said Wednesday.

Three people were killed and two injured Tuesday afternoon when a helicopter that had taken off from nearby John Wayne Airport crashed up against a house in a neighborhood on the northeast end of Upper Newport Bay.

Montecito residents who are hoping that insurance will cover damage to their homes from recent mudslides received a word of support from an important ally on Monday.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports today that insured tailgate thefts have stabilized since 2014. NICB analysis shows that in 2016, there were 1,877 claims for tailgate theft identified in ISO ClaimSearch®, an insurance industry claims database.

Carl Zaid wasn’t sure how to tell his wife their house had just burned to the ground, so he did it with the help of a flamingo.
Her name was Miss Pink, and she was perched in her usual spot in the front yard the night the family fled as flames approached from the canyon behind them.

Losing your home is one of the most traumatic experiences a person can go through. There are memories floating in every nook and cranny and sentiment attached to every photo or precious item.

A tweet by the local firefighter’s union Monday showed a photo of a Tesla Model S with its nose wedged under the back end of a fire truck and its hood badly wrinkled. The car had been traveling at 65 miles an hour, the tweet said.

A 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Gulf of Alaska early on Tuesday, prompting warnings of a possible tsunami down the West Coast of North America.

Under pressure from state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, many insurance companies have agreed to make additional payments for personal property lost in the North Bay fires without requiring policyholders to fill out a detailed inventory.

A group of Southern California homeowners charge that the rupture of a water main during last week’s mudslide released as much as 10 million gallons of water into the community of Montecito, overwhelming a flood control system already deluged with heavy rains.