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WEAVERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — State officials say a fast-growing wildfire near the Northern California town of Weaverville is threatening about 520 homes and businesses.

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Three people were seriously injured after a large earthquake caused significant damage in California's northern Bay Area, and nearly 90 patients have been treated at one hospital.

MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — An out-of-control wildfire is growing near Yosemite National Park in Central California.

KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy has gone missing while hiking at Kings Canyon National Park in Central California.

PLYMOUTH, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire in Northern California has burned at least two structures and prompted the evacuation of homes along a rural road east of Sacramento.

NEW YORK (AP) — A California wine collector faces sentencing in New York after he was convicted of making up to $20 million from 2004 to 2012 by selling bogus bottles of wine.

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 7-foot-long great white shark bit a man swimming off of Southern California's Manhattan Beach.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — More than 1,000 firefighters have been involved in the effort to control a central California wildfire that threatens more than 500 homes.

The wildfires that have swept their way through San Diego are bad. Just how bad? See for yourself. A resident of the city captured some intense footage of the inferno while driving.

A potentially frightening scene on the roadway had an adorably happy ending for one little pup.