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A canal that delivers vital water supplies from Northern California to Southern California is sinking in places. So are stretches of a riverbed undergoing historic restoration. On farms, well casings pop up like mushrooms as the ground around them drops.
A man who was believed to have been distracted by an electronic device he was carrying has fatally fallen off a cliff above a San Diego beach.
The Front Street Animal Shelter was hoping for more adoptions this Christmas, but it got a shelter miracle instead: a secret Santa came in and decided to do something unprecedented for the precious pooches.
The apparent firebombing of a mosque in Tracy has Muslim leaders calling on authorities to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
California health officials are warning of an uptick in cases of norovirus, also known as winter vomiting disease.
Police are searching for a 51-year-old man they say burned a woman to death on Friday after he poured gasoline on her and set her ablaze.
Freezing temperatures have San Joaquin Valley citrus growers working overtime to protect their crops.
Police in California are trying to determine why a man was naked in frigid temperatures when he entered a home and stole a purse.
Experts say a shortage caused by problems with the state's refineries is to blame.
Authorities say a fast-moving brush fire near Ventura has led to the closure of a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway and burned over 1,000 acres.
Most of November's top stories revolved around one day: Nov. 13. That's the day of a deadly terrorist attack in Paris, and the day a Grant High School football player was gunned down hours before a playoff game.
A hometown hero was stabbed, a former Congressional candidate admitted sending death threats to herself and a Marine veteran was beaten over a mistaken case of stolen valor in October.
Four years of drought culminated in a devastating month as the Valley Fire exploded overnight and enveloped Middletown. Farther north, a lake mysteriously ran dry.
It was a busy month for law enforcement in August, including tracking down suspects accused of hunting a man on Periscope. Also, Kevin Bacon wants more bacon, but not the kind you eat.
For more than two weeks, the group has been protesting in front of City Hall, enduring rain and subfreezing temperatures to fight for better services for the homeless.
