A key stretch of Interstate 5 closed after a snowstorm swept through Southern California, Caltrans said. The California Department of Transportation closed the freeway around 12:15 a.m. Monday after snow and ice made the Grapevine impassable. “ I-5 will remain closed until the snow stops and the roadway is snow and ice-free,” Caltrans posted on X.

After multiple days of heavy rains provided Southern California with significant relief from a spate of catastrophic wildfires, experts are now warning of potential mudslides as debris flows run

Portions of several heavily trafficked Los Angeles-area freeways, as well as portions of PCH will be closed for overnight utility work, Caltrans announced. Work on the projects will begin at 9 p.m. Monday and last through 6 a.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More rain fell Monday on parts of Southern California after causing mudflows over the weekend, helping firefighters but boosting the risk of toxic ash runoff in areas scorched by Los Angeles-area wildfires.

Less than an inch of rain fell in most areas, but it was enough to loosen Los Angeles hillsides burned bare by the recent blaze near the Pacific Palisades.

A portion of Interstate 5 in Southern California was closed on Monday, January 27, because of snow that had started over the weekend.On Sunday evening, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) was escorting drivers across the Grapevine Summit on Interstate 5 because of “low visibility due to snow flurries,

Work on the projects will begin at 9 p.m. Monday and last through 6 a.m. Tuesday, the California Department of Transportation said in a new release. Sections of U.S. Highway 101, interstates 405 ...

Rain fell on parts of Southern California on Sunday and the scattered showers were expected to continue overnight, boosting the risk of toxic ash runoff in areas scorched by Los Angeles-area wildfires.

The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY that investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the passenger airplane that collided in midair with an Army helicopter, leaving 67 people dead near Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Energy demands from big tech, including for AI, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.

The deadly collision of an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter late Jan. 29 in Washington, D.C., has reignited longstanding congestion concerns at overcrowded Reagan National Airport.

INSURANCE PAYOUT: Insurance companies have already paid out $4.2 billion in claims related to the Palisades and Eaton fires, according to California’s Insurance Department. That covers only payments intended for immediate assistance, like rental housing, and not yet the cost of debris removal and rebuilding.