And what a beginning! Thirty-five thousand acres of Los Angeles County in California have burned. Whole communities are gone.

A West Rome man was arrested early Wednesday morning after punching his brother-in-law in the face multiple times, seriously injuring his eye, reports state.

West was the owner and manager of Underground Books and the mother of Sacramento’s first Black Mayor, Kevin Johnson.

Gregory Barnard Smith, 61, is now at peace after a prolonged battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He fought until the very end, before shuffling off his mortal coil and taking refuge in the comfort of the ...