Christopher Weber

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  • Border PatrolPolitics

    Penske says it ‘did not authorize’ border patrol to use a rental truck to ambush immigrants at an LA Home Depot

    By Christopher Weber, Jaimie Ding, and others
  • /// Members of the New Jersey Transit locomotive engineers union striking picket outside a rail yard in Morrisville, Pa., on May 17, 2025. (AP photo/Mike Catalini)Success

    New Jersey Transit train engineers reach deal to end strike that halted NYC routes for 100,000 daily riders

    By Bruce Shipkowski, Christopher Weber, and others
  • First responders work the scene after a plane crashed in the parking lot of a retirement community in Manheim Township, Pa., Sunday, March 9, 2025. (Logan Gehman/LNP/LancasterOnline via AP)Health

    Single-engine plane crashes and burns near Pennsylvania retirement community, sending all 5 aboard to hospitals

    By Christopher Weber and The Associated Press
  • Edison workers work on a utility pole in California with palm trees in the backgroundEnvironment

    Southern California Edison says its equipment may have sparked a small wildfire that broke out the same day two other blazes ravaged thousands of Los Angeles homes

    By Dave Smith, Christopher Weber, and others
  • An aerial view shows the devastation left by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Environment

    Southern California dodges serious mudslides as storms bring wildfire-dousing downpours

    By Christopher Weber and The Associated Press
  • Apparatus sits on Sepulveda Blvd. as fire burns along Interstate 405, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Environment

    New fires erupt in Southern California as progress is made on huge fire north of Los Angeles

    By Christopher Weber and The Associated Press
  • Firefighters spray water on the Hughes Fire in Castaic, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)Environment

    Firefighters battle a huge new fire north of Los Angeles that’s already put 50,000 in evacuation zones

    By Christopher Weber, Marcio Sanchez, and others
  • San Diego firefighters knock down a small brush along a hillside over the Mission Valley Shopping Mall in San Diego on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Environment

    California faces more fire risk and strong winds but potential rain coming over the weekend

    By Christopher Weber and The Associated Press
  • An aerial view shows the devastation from the Palisades Fire on beachfront homes Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Environment

    Windy weather that fanned Los Angeles wildfires eases up as firefighters make big gains

    By Jaimie Ding, Christopher Weber, and others
  • Firefighters walk along a road in a fire-ravaged community in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher)Environment

    Los Angeles set to be pummeled again by strong winds that could ground firefighting aircraft in threat to area’s fight against massive infernos

    By Christopher Weber, Julie Watson, and others
  • Homes along the Pacific Coast Highway are seen burned by the Palisades Fire, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Environment

    Los Angeles wildfire death toll jumps to 24 with more Santa Ana winds forecast to come

    By Christopher Weber, Holly Ramer, and others
  • A resident of a senior center is evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)Environment

    Out-of-control wildfires around Los Angeles force thousands to flee as flames torch homes and threaten senior center

    By Jaimie Ding, Christopher Weber, and others
  • A car drives past flames from the Franklin Fire at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)Environment

    Cher and Dick Van Dyke among celebrities fleeing wind-driven Malibu wildfire

    By Jae C. Hong, Eric Thayer, and others
  • A pedestrian walks along a flooded street during a storm Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Santa Rosa, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Environment

    200,000 people around Seattle have no power as massive storm dumps heavy snow and record rain on Northwest

    By Godofredo A. Vásquez, Janie Har, and others
  • Flames from the Mountain Fire leap along a hillside as a horse stands in an enclosure at Swanhill Farms in Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Environment

    California wildfire destroys 132 buildings as raging winds spread the flames across 32 square miles

    By Christopher Weber, Noah Berger, and others