Under mandatory evacuation, Jones and several other Altadena residents were met by yellow caution tape and National Guard and California Highway Patrol personnel. Frustrated and unable to reach ...

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will join ... including backing up singer Pearl Bailey, being an extra in a scene with Diana Ross in “Lady Sings the Blues” and being mentored by ...

She settled in Los Angeles, where she never became a star but did rub shoulders with some of the elites of old Hollywood, ...

A day after firefighters got a reprieve with lighter winds than expected, gusts were hitting up to 35 mph (56 kph) on the coast and valleys and 55 mph (88 kph) in the mountains before dawn, National ...

Curry died last week at her home in Altadena as the Eaton Fire raged ... and sang and danced backing up Pearl Bailey in venues across the U.S. In later life Curry became a nurse, working in ...