Calif. residents face weeks of hardships
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With the worst of the wildfires dying down, many Southern Californians lucky enough to find their homes still standing could nevertheless face hardships for weeks to come, including polluted air, no electricity and no drinking water.
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With thousands of city residents facing their second week without power, some political leaders turned their focus to the utility they said was at fault in the outage.
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SALINAS, Calif. -- Central Coast hospitals are trying to figure out where they&#39;re going to send patients with severe trauma after hearing the news that the San Jose Medical Center will be closing soon.
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As pressures increase on California's mental health system, its workers and advocates say they are forced to do more with a supply of money that seems to shrink each year.
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Residents of parts of Ohio, Illinois and Indiana struggled on Saturday to recover from nearly a week of destructive thunderstorms while preparing for more floods from overburdened rivers and streams.
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As winds began to die down, the reality of this weekâs wildfires began to resonate for thousands of evacuees.
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By Patrick O'Driscoll  Severe drought and record heat in Southern California are making March feel like July, and with dangerous results.
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By Terence Chea, Associated Press Writer  SAN FRANCISCO  - California experienced one of its driest Januarys on record, a worrisome development for a state that relies on winter rain and snow for its water.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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Monterey County wages lag far behind rental costs that help make California the most expensive housing market in the nation, according to a study released Monday.
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California, where more than 100,000 homes remained without power on Sunday after powerful storms, could still face flooding and mudslides in some areas through Monday, according to weather officials.
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Thousands of Californians forced from their neighborhoods by this week's wind-whipped wildfires returned home on Friday, some of them finding their property unscathed amid the destruction and others discovering nothing but blackened rubble.
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Right now, thousands of dislocated Southern California homeowners are fretting about the fate of their residences, but the biggest headaches could come months after the wildfires ravaging the area are extinguished.
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In San Diego, displaced employees might affect production at some of the companies you own.
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Wildfires in Southern California  are exacerbating a difficult retail environment in a state  already hit by declining home sales and mortgage woes that have  cut into consumer spending.
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West Coast residents struggled to dig and dry out from a winter storm system, even as more precipitation bore down on soaked towns from Puget Sound to San Diego.