Planet's deepest blue hole discovered but depth remains a mystery
Blue holes are considered an "oasis" for marine life — but the Taam Ja' Blue Hole off the coast of Mexico remains largely mysterious.
Blue holes are considered an "oasis" for marine life — but the Taam Ja' Blue Hole off the coast of Mexico remains largely mysterious.
A lane on northbound Interstate 5 was closed in Sacramento County due to a sinkhole Friday night, Caltrans District 10 said.
A severe storm has been creating some chaos across Northern California on Monday, leading to some flooded roads in Sacramento and even a sinkhole along Theo Way in the city's Land Park neighborhood.
One of the reasons for the extended closure? The area’s designation as a salmon habitat.
Authorities are warning drivers about a large sinkhole that is opening up on a Grass Valley street.
The CHP is warning drivers not to drive around road closure signs. Officers say this happened after a driver ignored a "road closed" sign on Kasson Road near Tracy. The road was washed out when a retention pond failed during that string of storms earlier this month. It's unknown if anyone was injured, but the driver was cited for ignoring the sign.
Sinkholes swallowed cars and floodwaters swamped towns and swept away a small boy as California was wracked by more wild winter while the next system in a powerful string of storms loomed on the horizon Tuesday.
The hole was at least 10-feet deep and four-feet wide.
Crews are expected to be out all day repairing the damage.
Work is underway to repair a giant hole in the road that was opened up by a water main break in a North Highlands neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
The force of the water that came shooting out damaged a car and the roof of a home nearby.
The scene is near McDermott Drive and Elkhorn Boulevard.
City crews are working on a sinkhole that has appeared along a major Turlock street on Thursday.
Crews with the American River Flood Control District worked tirelessly on Wednesday to fill the hole.
There is an eight-foot-deep sinkhole close to the H Street Bridge near the levee in Sacramento.
Part of a road in Elk Grove is closed Tuesday morning as city crews inspect a sinkhole.
Caltrans says the hole was 15 feet and growing and crews will have to tear apart the roadway to find the source of the sinkhole.
A hole estimated to be 4 feet wide and 30 to 40 feet deep suddenly opened up in a Riverside couple's backyard.
A sinkhole impacted traffic Thursday morning on Highway 113, just north of Knights Landing.
Two sinkholes were caused by heavy rain from a powerful storm that passed through the Bay Area over the weekend.
A road near Beale Air Force Base is closed for a few days because of a sinkhole.
A major street in Auburn remains closed after a water main broke causing a massive sinkhole to erupt disrupting water service to dozens of residents.
This problem is getting deeper by the day -- a giant sinkhole that's getting worse and its starting to dampen business at an Auburn smog shop.
A sinkhole that opened up on a Woodland street on Saturday is now a much bigger problem that will take days to fix.
A good Samaritan who jumped in to help during a fight between a store employee and another person in Sacramento County ended up being stabbed, authorities say.
A registered sex offender in Sacramento County has been arrested on a new allegation that he tried to have sex with a 12-year-old girl.
Information provided by the teenager allowed deputies to launch a search and locate her in minutes.
The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer will learn his fate in federal court Friday.
Southbound Highway 99 was closed due to a deadly crash near the crosstown freeway in Stockton on Friday morning.
The City of Sacramento confirms that some homeowners in South Natomas are extending their properties onto city land.
A good Samaritan who jumped in to help during a fight between a store employee and another person in Sacramento County ended up being stabbed, authorities say.
The El Niño climate pattern may be responsible for yet another productive winter, but how are we shaping up this water year as we get closer to summer?
A registered sex offender in Sacramento County has been arrested on a new allegation that he tried to have sex with a 12-year-old girl.
This Nevada City campground became extremely popular after the COVID camping boom and has been named the best in the country by USA Today for the third year in a row.
The handwritten sign alluded to bike lane impacts: "Despite the city's best attempts, we are still in business. Please support."
A potential anthrax threat at the California State Capitol on Thursday forced an evacuation of the Senate and all staff, according to a memo obtained by CBS Sacramento.
At dusk on Wednesday night a group of cyclists in Sacramento got out on city roads to make a statement without saying any words.
To this day, from the air, you can still see the outline of what that field of dreams would've looked like in Natomas.
Sacramento Metro Fire is expanding a special response team to meet the growing needs of Sacramento County.
California could be seeing more unhealthy air quality days by a new metric to measure air quality by the EPA.
California lawmakers on Thursday voted to keep hundreds of bills from advancing for a floor vote during a tough budget year.
Sonoma State University President Mike Lee was placed on leave Wednesday following an email where he announced he and campus protesters had reached an agreement on divestment from Israel.
Family members of a Navy veteran who died after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes have settled with the Northern California city of Antioch for $7.5 million.
A landmark study just kicked off with the goal of answering why Black women have a much higher mortality rate when it comes to cancer. It just launched last week and they need volunteers in California to help.
Footage showed top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler handcuffed and walking toward a police car in the morning darkness. He later teed off at the PGA Championship.
The Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 8-1 and completed a four-game sweep.
Harrison Butker encouraged women to be homemakers and railed against Pride Month in his speech at Benedictine College.
The city of West Sacramento and its riverfront, facing downtown Sacramento directly, both look a lot different present day than they did two decades ago.
Even though the Super Bowl rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will not occur until almost the midpoint of the season, NFL fans will be treated to a pair of playoff rematches on the opening weekend.
The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer will learn his fate in federal court Friday.
California Governor Gavin Newsom called out former President Donald Trump at the Vatican on Thursday, accusing him of "open corruption" at a Vatican conference on climate change.
California lawmakers on Thursday voted to keep hundreds of bills from advancing for a floor vote during a tough budget year.
The Justice Department officially proposed a new rule on Thursday that would reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug.
President Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed Thursday to presidential debates on June 27 and Sept. 3.
The Placer Veteran Services, an organization dedicated to aiding veterans, is working around the clock filing a record number of health care claims.
A landmark study just kicked off with the goal of answering why Black women have a much higher mortality rate when it comes to cancer. It just launched last week and they need volunteers in California to help.
A Bay Area-based study finds that 80% of Asian American women with lung cancer never smoked and researchers are trying to figure out why.
Some of the strains in the "FLiRT" group are closely related to the JN.1 COVID variant from last winter.
Officials with the California Department of Public Health issued a warning Wednesday to consumers seeking Botox injections and to healthcare providers, saying counterfeit Botox has been found in multiple states.
From rock concerts to food festivals, tourists attending Sacramento events are providing a big boost to the local economy.
A Stockton small business owner is realizing her dream of helping others achieve their own health and wellness dreams.
Neighbors in Roseville will soon see their energy bills go up after the city council approved a proposal allowing Roseville Electric to raise its prices.
Some California restaurants are bracing for big changes to how they charge customers as a new law takes effect this summer that bans hidden fees from people's bills.
The first numbers are in to show the impact of California's increase in fast-food worker salaries on consumer prices.
CBS News California has identified a spike in the number of "sexually violent predators" who are being granted conditional release by the Department of State Hospitals amid an ongoing struggle to find housing for the men. The reporting prompted several proposed changes to state law, but, one by one, the bills are dying inside California's capitol.
They fought for fentanyl legislation, but it was killed before lawmakers even got to vote. Four grieving moms wanted to know why. They're uncovering the truth using a new AI tool designed to help everyday Californians hold lawmakers accountable. They discovered powerful lawmakers killed the popular fentanyl bill by *not* voting.
The California State Capitol Capitol doesn't generally work the way people think it does. We're following bills prompted by our reporting, to show you how things really work inside California's Capitol.
California law says genetic testing companies have to get your permission before they store, use or sell your DNA, but the state itself doesn't have to get your permission and has been storing DNA samples from every baby born there since the '80s. Lawmakers want to change that, but face an uphill battle.
A bill introduced in the wake of our "Handcuffs in Hallways" investigation aims to reduce "unnecessary" calls for police at schools. But one California lawmaker could kill it without a vote.
Eric Stevens planned to buy his 90-year-old mom a wheelchair with his tax refund. Instead, he got a lousy piece of paper from the Franchise Tax Board saying they intercepted $1,483 — his entire tax refund.
The victims are smart, they're savvy, and they're still getting tricked.
The state regulates crematoriums for people, but we've learned there is zero oversight for pet crematoriums.
Kurtis Ming has had conversations with people in our community about the impact of inflation on their personal finances. It's forcing some to make some tough choices.
Theresa Ingraham paid for her homeowners insurance each month through her mortgage payment but learned that after her house fire, her AAA bill went unpaid.
It's a good time to do some spring cleaning around the yard to make sure your home is prepared for the upcoming fire season, and in California, everyone should prepare.
Beavers. They've had a bad reputation. Many call them pests, but they're far from it. They play such an important role in our ecosystem that their work can even curtail wildfires.
A former Grizzly Flats resident received a shocking notice this week that her insurance is being invoiced for debris removal related to the Caldor Fire, which decimated the El Dorado County town in 2021.
Firearm-related charges were dismissed this week against one of the two men arrested in connection to the Caldor Fire that tore through El Dorado County in 2021, prosecutors said Thursday.
The Senate Committee on Insurance passed a bill Wednesday that lawmakers said will address the cost and availability of fire insurance in California.
A celebration at Sacramento Charter High on Thursday as college-bound seniors announced their campus of choice and 95% were accepted into four-year schools.
A bank employee in Lodi has some big bragging rights. He's never missed a day of work in his 47 years on the job and now he's getting ready to retire.
Meet Frannie the dog, Instagram's newest fitness influencer.
A Yuba City mom started a baseball team for kids with physical and intellectual disabilities after finding her 11-year-old son with Down Syndrome didn't have anywhere to play.
A Sacramento nonprofit is teaming up with a local credit union to give back so seniors can safely do basic tasks like bathing or exercising. Those lending a helping hand are also a group of seniors.
Traffic is being diverted off the freeway.
A driver suspected of being under the influence of drugs crashed into several cars at a Roseville dealership earlier this week, police said Thursday.
Teachers and staff members packed Thursday night's Dixon Unified School Board meeting to fight for better salaries.
Sacramento is on its way to becoming a vision zero city, which means eliminating pedestrian deaths and injuries. On one city street, it comes at a cost to small businesses.
A potential anthrax threat at the California State Capitol on Thursday forced an evacuation of the Senate and all staff, according to a memo obtained by CBS Sacramento.