Year: 2017

Cody Nordstrom/Instagram (SANTA ROSA, Calif.) -- Entire neighborhoods were scorched beyond recognition in the Santa Rosa, California, area, after fast-moving wildfires tore through, killing at least nine people.Resident Joshua Corbett posted these photos on Instagram, writing, "This used to be a where I lived. The neighborhood is gone.""I tried digging through the debris hoping something of mine was still there. Nothing," Corbett wrote. "I thankfully have most my clothes, and […]

NASA(SANTA ROSA, Calif.) -- The wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands and killed at least 15 people in Napa County, California, have all but destroyed one neighborhood in the city of Santa Rosa called Coffey Park.This is one of the neighborhoods that has been left in ruins because of the North Bay wildfires. Google Earth Coffey Park was once full of lush trees and family homes, but the uncontrolled […]

ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- Authorities have revised the timeline for last week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, raising new questions about the hotel’s response to an attack that killed 58 people and injured several hundred more.The sheriff’s office initially said that Stephen Paddock’s rampage was brought to an end when security guard Jesus Campos arrived on the 32nd floor to check on a door alarm to discover the shooting in […]

Courtesy of Mike Rippey(NAPA, Calif.) -- An elderly Napa County couple found dead from the devastating wildfires sweeping Northern California "were happy right up until the last minute," one of their sons told ABC News.Officials identified Charles and Sara Rippey as two of the 15 people killed from the 17 fires consuming over 115,000 acres across the state.Charles Rippey, who turned 100 in July, had been married to Sara Rippey […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LUBBOCK, Texas) -- A Texas Tech University student has been charged with capital murder after allegedly shooting a campus police officer in the head Monday night.Hollis Daniels, 19, was being booked into jail at TTU's police station for evading arrest after drugs and drug paraphernalia were allegedly found in his dorm room.Two officers were originally dispatched to Daniels' campus dorm suite inside Talkington Residence Hall late Monday afternoon after his […]

ABC News.(NEW YORK) -- One northern California woman devastated by the wildfires that have killed at least 13 people and damaged more than 1,500 homes spent hours Tuesday morning standing atop the burning embers of her home. She was searching desperately for one of her most beloved possessions -- her wedding ring.ABC News' senior national correspondent Matt Gutman approached Kris Pond while she was sifting through the ashes and rubble […]

ABC News.(NEW YORK) -- As deadly wildfires continue to ravage Northern California, a single mom is now being forced to start over after her entire home was incinerated.Lisa Wahnon described evacuating her Santa Rosa home of eight years with her son, Ben, as "crazy and chaotic.""The power went out and we heard a bunch of commotion outside. We looked outside and there's a whole bunch of cars lining up in […]

iStock/Thinkstock(ANAHIEM, Calif.) --   Dry conditions and gusting winds fueled a deadly outbreak of wildfires in California on Sunday that quickly exploded through thousands of acres of forest and residential neighborhoods, killing at least 13, injuring over 100 and destroying some 1,500 structures while scorching nearly 100,000 acres of land.It is already among the deadliest wildfire outbreaks in the state's history, and officials have said the death toll may go up […]