Weather aided firefighters Thursday as they cut containment lines to encircle two wildfires that have destroyed homes and other buildings in remote California mountain communities.

Weather for your Friday

The National Weather Service is forecasting mostly sunny skies today with a high near 75. Skies will become partly cloudy tonight with a low around 57.

Bad weather hampered the search Thursday in Hokkaido for a missing single-engine plane with two men aboard. The Cessna TU206G, registered with Aichi Prefecture-based Nakanihon Air Service Co., disappeared from radar around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday while flying at an altitude of about 670 meters over the southern part of the Oshima Peninsula, according to the transport ministry.

The hot weather continues for the foreseeable future. Overnight partly cloudy and breezy. Low 56. Friday partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. High in the low 90's.

Calm, cool weather is dampening a wildfire that has destroyed 25 buildings north of Los Angeles.

Weather for your Thursday

Jersey might not have won its fight to get on national weather maps yet, but it has been basking in the spotlight.Tourism’s campaign to get the BBC to end its ’discrimination’ and include the island in forecasts has hit the headlines in the UK.It featured in several national newspapers and radio shows yesterday, and was talked about on GMTV.All the attention has prompted one bookmaker to take ...