Butte County police find 25 Great Danes near where woman was attacked
A woman in Northern California was killed this week in what appeared to be a dog attack, and authorities are…
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Opinion: When it comes to the US-Mexico border, can people think beyond politics?
I wasn't breaking any laws when I set out to leave gallons of water on Bureau of Land Management land…
Will global warming turn Los Angeles into San Bernardino?
Imagine it's a Saturday morning in Santa Monica in the year 2080. You make your coffee, open your front door,…
Marine ecologist says deep-sea mining is 'totally irresponsible'
August 3, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: I am a marine ecologist who has focused on the…
Search for 15-year-old swimmer suspended in Huntington Beach
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday night suspended the search for a missing teenage swimmer in Huntington Beach. The 15-year-old…
Valley fever strikes festival-goers in California
California health officials are urging people who attended the Kern County music festival Lightning in a Bottle to seek medical…
Borel Fire Destroys Historic California Mining Town of Havilah
The 38,000-acre Borel Fire in Kern County has scorched the small, historic mining town of Havilah. “We lost everything, everything…
Crews move forward as massive park fire spreads beyond 350,000 acres
Firefighters made some progress Sunday against the massive Park Fire burning across Butte, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama counties — California’s…
Court halts state effort to curb overpumping of groundwater
As long-term declines in groundwater levels threaten thousands of domestic wells and cause ground to sink in parts of the…
How the park fire near Chico became California's biggest of the year
Shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday, as temperatures in Butte County hovered around 106 degrees, a man pushed a burning car…