PASADENA, Calif. - Conventional wisdom is dictating that Arizona State has come to the Rose Bowl today for a 3 1/2-hour recruiting infomercial in addition to a Pac-10 football game.

PASADENA, Calif. - Conventional wisdom is dictating that Arizona State has come to the Rose Bowl today for a 3 1/2-hour recruiting infomercial in addition to a Pac-10 football game.

PASADENA, Calif. - Conventional wisdom is dictating that Arizona State has come to the Rose Bowl today for a 3 1/2-hour recruiting infomercial in addition to a Pac-10 football game.

LOS ANGELES - Southern Californians weathered a second straight day of devastation Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes, shut down major freeways and forced thousands of residents in the path of flames to flee to safety.

I’ll never forget my early days here in the East Valley. It was in the spring of 1999. I relocated myself and my family from my native Huntington Beach, Calif., to Gilbert, and then launched a new morning talk show on a thennew local radio station.

LOCKWOOD VALLEY, Calif. - Firefighters battling a massive Southern California wildfire for nearly a month made considerable gains Thursday thanks to favorable winds, and officials project to have the blaze contained by early next week.

YUCAIPA, Calif. - A moderate earthquake shook most of Southern California Thursday, startling people and knocking items off shelves and desks, but there were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries. "All of a sudden it just started rocking," said John Napolitano, 45, a campus police officer at Crafton Hills College. "I just sat there and rode it out."

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Dry, windy weather on Monday hampered efforts to contain a wildfire in northern Los Angeles County that has forced thousands of people to flee their homes, one of several blazes that crews were battling in the state.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - Hot, dry Santa Ana winds — and a high risk of wildfires — returned to Southern California on Wednesday, but firefighters quickly jumped on the small brush blazes that erupted.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Police are investigating the apparent homicide of an aspiring model and actress from Arizona who was found dead in her Santa Monica, California, apartment.

AVALON, Calif. - Firefighters struggled early Friday to protect a resort island's main city from a wildfire that forced hundreds of residents to flee on ferries as ash rained down "like snow," by one resident's account.

YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. - Thousands of firefighters aided by aircraft worked Friday in fierce heat to keep two big wildfires from gaining a foothold in the heavily populated San Bernardino Mountains.