Christopher Weber

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  • 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
  • FILE – People leave the entrance to the Amazon San Bernardino Fulfillment Center, October 29, 2013 in San Bernardino, Calif. California has hit Amazon with two separate fines totaling $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant violated a law designed to protect warehouse employees from requirements that they work so quickly that it risks their safety, officials said Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/David McNew, File)Politics

    California fines Amazon $5.9 million, saying it worked warehouse employees so hard with ‘undisclosed quotas’ it put their safety at risk

    By Christopher Weber and The Associated Press
  • Workers clean up broken glass inside a damaged downtown restaurant after a severe thunderstorm, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Environment

    Severe Texas storms knock out power to 900,000 Houston businesses and homes and blow out hundreds of office and hotel windows

    By David J. Phillip, Lisa Baumann, and others
  • Scott SibellaFinance

    Executive on probation for giving freebies to a high roller and letting him gamble millions

    By Christopher Weber, Ken Ritter, and others
  • Resorts World Las Vegas President Scott Sibella speaks at the Resorts World Boring Company station, July 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. Former top executive at Las Vegas Strip casinos, Sibella, faces a judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, and possible federal prison time after pleading guilty to violating federal anti-money laundering rules. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)Finance

    MGM Grand ex-president to be sentenced in money laundering case after admitting he allowed illegal bookmaker to gamble millions at Las Vegas casino

    By Christopher Weber, Ken Ritter, and others
  • Campus protestsPolitics

    Hundreds of college students arrested nationwide as Gaza protests escalate into social justice crisis

    By Christopher Weber, Carolyn Thompson, and others
  • Travelers at Oakland International AirportPolitics

    San Francisco really doesn’t want its name on Oakland airport. Oakland officials vote to do it anyway.

    By Olga R. Rodriguez, Christopher Weber, and others
  • Angela ChaoLeadership

    Angela Chao, shipping CEO and sister-in-law to Mitch McConnell, was intoxicated when she drove into a pond and died, police say

    By Christopher Weber and The Associated Press
  • FILE – This aerial still image from video provided by KTLA shows law enforcement vehicles where several people were found shot to death in El Mirage, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Prosecutors filed murder charges Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, against five suspects in the fatal shootings of six men at a remote dirt crossroads in the Southern California desert after what investigators said was a dispute over marijuana. (KTLA via AP, File)Health

    6 killings in likely cannabis dispute highlight risk in California’s illegal pot market—despite years of legal sales

    By MIchael R. Blood, Christopher Weber, and others
  • Plane Crash CaliforniaLifestyle

    Retired dentist who spent years building a small airplane traumatized after man he sold it to for $100,000 crashes into the ocean

    By Christopher Weber and The Associated Press