A California man is potentially facing life in prison after being found guilty of starting the Line Fire, a wildfire that burned 44,000 acres and forced thousands of people to evacuate from Southern California mountain towns and suburbs in September 2024.

A report was issued from the NWS Hanford CA on Saturday at 5:02 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 5:30 p.m. The alert is for San Joaquin River Canyon, Upper San Joaquin River and Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge.

The Inn fire had grown to over 700 acres to the northwest of Mono Lake, near the Nevada border. It’s one of several brush fires that have erupted in California in the last week as the weather has gotten warmer.

The Senate has voted to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

The post office near the Point Reyes National Seashore closed in March 2023 amid a spat between the Postal Service and its landlord, who claimed USPS essentially hid the discovery of asbestos in the flooring for two decades. (The Postal Service did not respond to questions from The Times about the landlord’s claims.)

California’s authority to set environmental rules that are tougher than national standards had never been challenged by Congress. Until now.

The Republican-led Senate moved Wednesday to overturn key Biden-era waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions, a major blow to that state’s effort to regulate pollution from cars and trucks that could have broad environmental impacts for the rest of the country.

California state officials voiced mounting concern this week over long-standing delays and cost overruns in the proposed Pacheco Reservoir expansion, a multibillion-dollar project that has yet to secure critical permits or water rights,

An Orange County judge issued a $50,000 warrant for the arrest of a 46-year-old man accused of luring multiple cats with food, only to kidnap and brutally beat many to death — after he skipped his arraignment hearing on Wednesday, May 21.

With natural disasters plaguing the iconic Pacific Coast Highway, a local recommends Highway 395—for alpine lakes, cozy cafes and desert ghost towns along the Sierra Nevada’s dramatic eastern side.

A 2-month-old orphaned black bear cub was rescued from the woods and is being raised by humans dressed as bears at the San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center.