Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of ...

Newly-released text messages and depositions from California State Parks staffers offer details of state actions and ...

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As a proud 35-year veteran and current captain with the Los Angeles Fire Department, I’ve never experienced the devastation that we're seeing in LA today, where thousands of structures and more than ...

Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley lost her appeal Tuesday afternoon to the City Council to be reinstated at the helm of the LAFD. After the 25-year- veteran made her case during an ...

At least one Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) official knew firefighters were ordered to leave the Lachman Fire site, which burned just days before the Pacific Palisades blaze, according to the Los ...