The fires in California have been devastating for many small business owners and others who saw their homes, businesses or livelihoods go up in smoke.

It was the type of upsetting yet commonplace problem most parents face from time to time. Early last month, the Taylor family were on their way home from a meal out when Trey, 11, began feeling sick.

Anduray, 31, faces three counts of first-degree murder after he broke into a Jersey City apartment and stabbed a woman and ...