What Triggers PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs?
For weeks we've been dealing with fires and periods of triple-digit heat, but this is the first potential Public Safety Power Shutoff of the year.
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For weeks we've been dealing with fires and periods of triple-digit heat, but this is the first potential Public Safety Power Shutoff of the year.
Officials say two people were killed and others were seriously injured in a crash on Highway 132 near Vernalis Monday afternoon.
Fires across California are making the air quality unhealthy. With extreme heat, smoky skies and a Red Flag Warning, some are calling it an extremely unusual Labor Day.
Genetically enhanced "mighty mice" that were part of a heath experiment on the International Space Station have shown that blocking a molecular signaling pathway can protect against muscle and bone density loss in the absence of gravity.
Sacramento City Unified schools are already underway, but the teachers union and district still are at odds over distance learning.
Several national forests in California were shut down Monday evening because of the extreme fire danger.
An unexpected power outage left more than 5,200 SMUD customers without power Monday afternoon.
A man is dead after an early morning shooting in Turlock that police believe could be gang-related.
Wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres in California this year, setting a state record even as crews battled dozens of growing blazes in sweltering temperatures Monday that strained the electrical grid and threatened power outages for millions.
A boater has been arrested after their vessel ran aground at Lake Camanche on Sunday night, leaving a woman dead.
A Sacramento resident was among the 15 people arrested after a fire was started outside a police precinct on Portland's north side Sunday night into Monday morning, police said.
Officers say an early morning shooting left a man hurt in Woodland over the weekend.
The man whose body was found after an apparent stabbing along the Sacramento River over the weekend has been identified.
Sacramento, Stockton and Modesto all recorded record-high temperatures on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service Sacramento.
With Northern California bracing for a stretch of triple-digit temperatures this Labor Day weekend, several municipalities are opening cooling centers for residents in need to relief from the heat.
