Clearing ruins launches new phase in California fire cleanup

In this Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 file photo, people walk past a fallen transformer and downed power lines on Parker Hill Road in Santa Rosa, Calif. The wildfires that damaged much of remote Northern California areas, crippling cell phones, landlines and internet leads some to believe that old-fashioned sirens and ham radios might be more reliable in a disaster.

Lawmakers protest jailing of Catalan secession leaders

A U.S. judge has blocked the third version of a travel ban issued by President Donald Trump this year. A Florida congresswoman says President Donald Trump told the widow of a slain soldier that he 'knew what he signed up for'.

Utility scrutinized as California wildfire victims sue

Northern California homeowners allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. failed to adequately protect its power lines before the region's deadly wildfires, a theory that state investigators are considering as they try to determine the cause.

Donald Solem had few peers as political organizer, adviser

Donald Solem, the political organizer and campaign quarterback who ran successful drives on behalf of countless civic issues from school bonds to parking garages, seemed to make friends with everyone who shook his sizable hand. He was a large man with a broad smile, a cheery manner and keen insight into getting voters to see things his way.