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After a long line of commuters took one last trip across San Francisco Bay, the California Highway Patrol began blocking traffic at about 7:30 p.m., then the Depression-era bridge closed as scheduled about a half-hour later.
High-school junior Laura Cullum attended class for two days at Sonora High this week and says it was evident smoke from the massive blaze was causing health problems.
If you didn't know any better, you would think these flames were eating up homes in a forest community. But this large fire tore down a city street in the middle of the afternoon.
The parents of a Carmichael teen who died moments after taking a bite of a snack are speaking out for the first time since her death.
Firefighters battling the giant wildfire burning in the Sierra Nevada added a California National Guard Predator drone to their arsenal Wednesday to give them real-time views of flames chewing through rugged forests in and around Yosemite National Park.
A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office says despite years of study, the U.S. Forest Service and Interior Department have yet to pin down just how effective their aircraft are at fighting wildfires.
A murder suspect was already in custody when Sacramento deputies booked him in connection to body remains found in a Rio Linda field Tuesday.
Police have released surveillance photos of a Tiffany & Co. burglary in Walnut Creek that involved a stolen truck from Citrus Heights.
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Some homeowners in Fairfield are waking up to charred ruins after a grass fire engulfed a neighborhood Tuesday.
A suspect is still on the run after a high-speed chase overnight through downtown Sacramento.
Strong winds posed a threat for firefighters in Dixon battling a trailer fire.
Crowded roadways and packed buses, trains and ferries are on tap for commuters starting Wednesday night, when officials shut down the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to traffic in preparation for a new $6.4 billion span opening early next week.
In a direct slap to Gov. Jerry Brown, his fellow Democrats in the state Senate on Wednesday rejected his plan for dealing with California's prison crisis, throwing the state's response to a federal court order into chaos.
A massive rocket carrying a spy satellite for the U.S. government launched from the central California coast Wednesday.
