SAN LEANDRO, CA — Monday morning's sky, shortly before the rain starting falling, was a wonder of pastel beauty. Miyo Burnett shared these photos taken from her home. Thank you, Miyo!

The video, captioned "LA this morning," shows a surreal landscape cloaked in blackened debris under a red-hued sky, with fires still burning in the background. Thick smoke and soot obscure the ...

Then it did the opposite, appearing to rise higher into the pre-dawn sky in the east during a dazzling “Morning Star” phase. Venus, now shining at a magnitude of -4.5 in the constellation Leo, ...