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Tesla Motors fired hundreds of workers after completing its annual performance reviews, even though the electric automaker is trying to ramp up production to meet the demand for its new Model 3 sedan.
Fire officials have ordered mandatory evacuations in Santa Rosa as wildfires continue to rage across California.
California has become the first state to ban the sale of animals from puppy mills.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law a bill further restricting the open carrying of firearms in California, while vetoing a bill that critics said would have harmed gun stores.
In the 55 years they were married, Carmen Caldentey Berriz had spent countless hours in her husband Armando's arms. In his arms was where the 75-year-old took her last breath on Monday.
The latest on the wildfires burning in Northern California.
Deputies arrested a Sonoma man Thursday afternoon on suspicion of stealing prescription medications and an emergency fire shelter kit from a fire agency, a sheriff's sergeant said.
"It was like a nuclear blast wave that hit. The embers were insane. They penetrated everything and set everything on fire."
Local and federal officials made reassurances to undocumented immigrants impacted by wildfires in wine country, saying that routine enforcement is not taking place.
Linkin Park has released the episode of "Carpool Karaoke" the band filmed in July, six days before lead singer Chester Bennington took his own life.
Regulators say the air quality in most of the region has sank to the same unhealthy level as some of China's smog-choked cities.
Ellen and Bob Pearson's family has been searching for the couple since they were last seen evacuating from their mobile home in Santa Rosa, preparing to leave in their purple Pontiac as flames lurked in the distance.
Charles Schulz's son, Monte Schulz, says a fire on Monday torched the Santa Rosa homes of his stepmother, 78-year-old Jean Schulz, and his brother, Craig Schulz.
Gov. Jerry Brown has remained a background player as one of the worst series of wildfires in California history tears across the state's wine country and beyond.
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer offered up Qualcomm Stadium, where the Chargers used to play before relocating to Los Angeles this year.
