Santa Barbara

One of an elite group of glamorous supermodels who graced magazine covers in the ’80s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90” music video, Tatjana Patitz has died at age 56.

Federal inspectors found that Plains had made several preventable errors, failed to quickly detect the pipeline rupture and responded too slowly as oil flowed toward the ocean.

A new ranking analyzed 118 countries for road trip factors, such as sights, road quality, gas prices and landscapes. Here are the five that came out on top.

The Coast Guard has announced new safety rules following a deadly blaze that killed 34 people on a scuba diving boat off the California coast more than two years ago