CALIFORNIA – Tyree Johnson loved her apartment overlooking the Pacific Ocean – until it started to crumble off the cliff into the ocean. For 15 years, he’s been able to enjoy sunsets over the water from his back porch at Pacifica, a few miles southwest of San Francisco. A group of dolphins swim and hang …
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The partnership between iCivics and CalMatters for midterm election information is believed to keep California’s future voters informed this fall. CalMatters and iCivics are starting a unique partnership to unlock nonpartisan journalism and election information for California students and teachers. The program launched today, bringing together teachers across the country to plan lessons that can …
NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! A 4.4-magnitude earthquake in Northern California triggered a response by fire officials to reported gas leaks, gas odors, fire alarms went off and elevators stopped Tuesday evening, according to the Santa Rosa Fire Department. The earthquake was centered in Santa Rosa, which is a little more …
Northern California hit by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake; no major damage reported Read More »
Forest fires and heavy rains hit the West FORESTHILL, Calif. — Firefighters made progress against a massive Northern California wildfire that continued to grow and threaten thousands of mountain homes Sunday, while crews also battled large blazes that covered large swathes of Oregon and Washington. in smoke Meanwhile, flooding was the problem for some communities …
NEWNow you can listen to Fox News articles! A mudslide in California has left multiple vehicles stuck in a flow of mud and debris, fire officials said. Fire units responded to the mud to help about 50 people in about twenty cars. The mud reportedly pushed vehicles across the road. The landslide happened near Pine …
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Southern California welcomed cooler temperatures and spotty rain on Saturday as a tropical storm veered off the Pacific coast and eased, helping put an end to a blistering heatwave that nearly overwhelmed the state’s power grid. Thunderstorms were forecast for the Los Angeles area on Saturday, which could linger in mountainous areas on Sunday. But …
Coastal storm cools California heatwave and dampens wildfires Read More »
LOS ANGELES – Californians braced for the extremes of a changing climate on Friday as a heat wave fueled deadly wildfires left the state on the brink of blackouts for a 10th straight day while a tropical storm made landfall. from cooler temperatures, but also from possible flooding. The sudden change in conditions even scared …
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Western states sweating under an intense heat wave could soon see heavy rain and flooding after Hurricane Kay made landfall on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula on Thursday as a tropical storm, forecasters said. Kay made landfall near the middle of the roughly 760-mile peninsula off Mexico’s Pacific coast with 70 mph maximum sustained winds, heavy rain …
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SAN FRANCISCO — When the phone rang inside a Northern California police station around noon Wednesday, the homicide suspect – an off-duty sheriff’s deputy accused in a shocking double homicide – was on the line. But the detectives working the case were all in the field, part of a desperate 12-hour manhunt to find Devin …
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The West Coast will continue to experience brutal temperatures on Tuesday as forecasters warn that the extreme heat will continue for the next few days. The heat wave that began just before the Labor Day weekend has already broken at least a dozen temperature records in California as the state struggles with drought, fire and …
