A group of sly thieves have been managing to outfox campers and steal their flip-flops and Crocs.

Five years after the 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed 90% of the homes here, residents of Paradise, California, face a new struggle: Finding homeowner's insurance.

Insurance giant State Farm says it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer.

A warm front is sweeping springlike weather across a large swath of the country in what is usually one of the coldest months of the year.

Paradise is still recovering five years after a wildfire destroyed most of the northern California town.

Efforts to rebuild a California town nearly wiped out by wildfire five years ago are being stymied by high home insurance costs.

Officials in the Northern California town of Paradise have begun installing and testing warning sirens to deploy in the event of another wildfire or other natural disaster.

As wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, residents of a Northern California town are reliving their own harrowing experience with a similar conflagration.

A judge has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law.

A federal judge is weighing whether to severely limit the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires following arguments by environmentalists who are concerned about water pollution.

A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires.

Crews could face a difficult task cleaning up a 25-car train derailment in western Montana that spilled numerous cases of beer as well as powdered clay beside a scenic river.

Authorities say about 25 train cars have derailed in northwestern Montana.

They started off playing in church together for over a decade, now the group “Groove Fellowship.” performs all around metro Detroit. The group’s music is described as a fusion of Jazz, Funk, Rock, Gospel and R & B. Lead band member Dan Gamlin spoke with “Live in the D’s,” Tati Amare about the groups upcoming new album. The name of the album which comes out early 2023 is titled “Street Corner Musician”. Gamiln said, there will be 10-12 tracks, including “Paradise,” which the group performed on “Live In The D.”

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California’s largest wildfire so far this year is flaring up, but authorities say it's because flames are chewing through unburned islands of vegetation within a perimeter that firefighters have built.

DETROIT – For 10 years, Detroit’s Orchestra Hall presented jazz artists under the name Paradise Theater, opening on Christmas Eve 1941. The Paradise hosted renowned jazz musicians, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington. The Paradise Theater years ended in 1951 at Orchestra Hall, now home to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Here is its story -- watch the video above. More: Black History Month

Gavin Newsom of doing a “terrible job” of forest protection, his own agencies fell short of his goals for federal lands in 2019. They treated a combined 6,736 square miles (17,446 square kilometers) — just over half of the 13,203 square miles (34,196 square kilometers) the president sought, according to government data. It jumped to 8,505 square miles (22,027 square kilometers) in 2016 — President Barack Obama's last year in office. Under Trump, the treated area has gone from 6,367 square miles (16,490 square kilometers) in 2017 to nearly 7,336 square miles (19,000 square kilometers) in 2018. Last year it was up to 6,736 square miles (17,446 square kilometers).

Flames shoot from a window as the Bear Fire burns through the Berry Creek area of Butte County, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Dozens of wildfires have been burning for weeks across California and the U.S. West, most sparked by lightning strikes. Smaller mountain communities such as Berry Creek and Feather Falls were quickly overwhelmed. Millicent Catarancuic's 5-acre property in Berry Creek was a rescue shelter of sorts. Gonzalez knew the area was clear of trees and close to the water and told the drivers caught in the jam getting out of Berry Creek to follow him.

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2018, file photo shows homes leveled by the Camp Fire line Valley Ridge Drive in Paradise, Calif. The fire never made it to Paradise as other foothill communities bore the terrible brunt, suffering thousands of destroyed structures. The 2018 fire struck two weeks before Thanksgiving, destroyed roughly 19,000 structures in and around Paradise and killed 85 people. But that law is set to expire at the end of the year, and it's unclear if the town council will extend it because of opposition from homeowners. Three of the five town council seats are on the ballot, and 15 people are running for them.

The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region. In California, winds stoked unprecedented numbers of fires that have forced rescues and evacuations. Diminishing winds were possible by Thursday, bringing some relief to the ongoing fires and fire weather threat, forecasters said. Helicopters have been used in recent days to rescue hundreds of people stranded in the burning Sierra National Forest, where a fire has destroyed 365 buildings, including at least 45 homes. In Southern California, fires burned in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.

In this Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, photo, Laura and Chris Smith display their Paradise tattoos they had done to show support for their former community during a visit to Paradise, Calif. Taft said she plans to return to Paradise this weekend to visit with friends. While Friday's events will remember that day, Paradise Mayor Jody Jones said she wants the community to "celebrate the progress we've made and look to the future and what we can become." In the spring, 220 seniors returned to Paradise High School for a graduation ceremony many thought would have been impossible just six months before. And in August, the Paradise High School football team played its first home game a 42-0 rout that kicked off an undefeated season.

Paradise, California, issued its first certificate of occupancy for a rebuilt home, eight months after the Camp Fire devastated 90 percent of the community and displaced nearly all its residents.

Paradise, California, is growing again. Paradise, California, is growing again. Most of the building supplies for the Sinclaire house had to be brought in from Sacramento, which is almost 90 miles away. The Camp Fire destroyed 90 percent of Paradise and displaced almost all of its residents, according to California Gov. She said there are a handful of houses in her area and her mom and stepfather have also decided to rebuild in Paradise.