Missing Yuba City teen rescued after Kern County chase
Police say officers rescued the 17-year-old and a Texas man after their vehicle went off a cliff and caught fire.
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Police say officers rescued the 17-year-old and a Texas man after their vehicle went off a cliff and caught fire.
Federal investigators are looking into what caused the helicopter to go down near Mariposa.
Two men were arrested in Central California after detectives found about 2,000 pounds of stolen peaches loaded onto a trailer, authorities said.
Authorities say two people have died and several other people were injured in a Madera County crash involving a car that crashed into a big rig and rolled over.
Two earthquakes struck the Central Coast less than 10 minutes apart on Thanksgiving Day, according to officials.
A Central California man who allegedly belonged to a group of violent extremists is facing multiple federal charges including animal abuse, sexually exploiting a minor and cyberstalking, prosecutors said.
Ray Barrantes, a Chowchilla police officer, died in an on-duty crash Friday night, authorities said.
Authorities say farm workers helped flag down and stop a school bus that was just starting to catch fire in Madera County, helping everyone escape promptly.
This past winter, stone fruits like peaches, plums, apricots and cherries in California's Central Valley didn't get consistent cold weather that regulates the trees' nutrients.
A welfare check resulted in the grisly discovery of 28 dead cats and another 106 "extremely emaciated cats" in a U-Haul van in Central California, authorities said Monday.
A baby spider monkey that was seized during a traffic stop along a Central California highway earlier this week is now in the care of the Oakland Zoo.
Recognize these two trees? Their iconic legacy is on the chopping block as Caltrans plans to remove the palm and the pine for a Highway 99 widening project.
Millions of dollars are headed to combat drug trafficking in the Central Valley in the ongoing fight against fentanyl.
Authorities have also now released the name of the child.
Seven farmworkers were among eight people who died in a head-on crash on a rural Central California road Friday morning, the California Highway Patrol said.
A first-of-its-kind Denny's opened in Kerman Monday morning.
What was seized: nearly 1,000 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, 14 firearms, and nearly $50,000. There were two methamphetamine conversion laboratories with multiple 55-gallon drums filled with a total of 4,000 pounds of liquid methamphetamine in various stages of conversion.
Pistachio farmer Nader Malakan estimates that about 1,200 acres of pistachio crops were destroyed, to the tune of $15 million.
One county has urged people to gather enough essential supplies for two weeks ahead of the incoming rain and snow.
