Northern California storms flood hundreds of acres of strawberries
A potential casualty of the powerful rainstorms that drenched coastal California and flooded rivers is hundreds of acres of strawberries.
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A potential casualty of the powerful rainstorms that drenched coastal California and flooded rivers is hundreds of acres of strawberries.
Parts of California are under water, the Rocky Mountains are bracing for more snow, flood warnings are in place in Nevada, and water is being released from some Arizona reservoirs to make room for an expected bountiful spring runoff.
Governor Gavin Newsom announced $1 billion in funding to address homelessness across the state, and plans to deploy more than 1,000 small homes for those living in encampments.
The recent back-to-back storms are hitting California's critical agricultural regions, and they may also impact the U.S. food supply.
Many of California's key growing areas are flooded, which is delaying harvesting of essential crops.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he wants state regulators to decide whether to impose the nation's first penalty on oil companies for price gouging, pivoting after months of negotiations with legislative leaders failed to reach an agreement on a bill aimed at reining in the state's notoriously high gas prices.
Chevron has not complied with a new California law requiring it to disclose how much money it is making from selling gasoline in the state, setting up a showdown with state regulators over data that Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration requested in order to impose the nation's first penalty on excessive oil profits.
From lengthy droughts to severe flooding, the intensity of water-related disasters around the world has increased over the last two decades as global temperatures climbed to record levels, according to new research.
The levee breach occurred as California was hit by its tenth atmospheric river of the winter season.
Wet, miserable weather continued across huge swaths of California on Sunday as an atmospheric river that caused major flooding flowed eastward, and as a new system threatens the region with another onslaught of rain, snow and gusting winds as soon as Monday night.
"Operation Hay Drop" is a mission to save starving and stranded cows – many of which are pregnant – from dying amid back-to-back winter storms.
The governor is calling on President Biden to approve an emergency declaration to help the state's storm response.
5 museums in Sacramento County were included in the funding awarded by the California Cultural and Historical Endowment.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state is using its "market power to defend the right to choose."
The White House has announced that President Biden will visit California next week, less than 2 months after the storm damage on the Central Coast.
The President will visit San Diego on Monday to discuss a partnership with the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and Australia, and on Tuesday, he'll visit Monterey Park to discuss efforts to curb gun violence.
Governor Gavin Newsom has proclaimed a state of emergency for 21 additional California counties in anticipation for the series of storms that are expected through mid-March.
Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for 21 additional California counties in an effort to support storm response and relief efforts.
One county has urged people to gather enough essential supplies for two weeks ahead of the incoming rain and snow.
California cannot ban the importation and sale of crocodile and alligator products, a federal judge has ruled, in a victory for the state of Louisiana, which challenged the ban along with businesses in multiple states.
A judge on Tuesday granted the state attorney general's request for 90 more days to review the case against a former San Francisco police officer who became the first in the city to be charged with an on-duty killing.
Tribal leaders, scientists and conservation advocates buried the lion in the mountains where the big cat once roamed.
A Ukrainian exchange student in the Central Valley is on a mission to stay in California.
Returning home is not an option for the 17-year-old student, and she is on a mission to stay in the state.
"I can tell you these kids should have been dead," the sheriff said after the hikers were rescued by helicopter.
