Warming Climate, Low Sierra Snowpack, Evaporating Runoff Extend California Drought
The West's historic drought is the result of many factors, one of which scientists have recently begun to analyze with more scrutiny: snow drought.
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The West's historic drought is the result of many factors, one of which scientists have recently begun to analyze with more scrutiny: snow drought.
A small army of firefighters battled the Salt Fire Sunday, raging in the tinder-dry forest and chaparral brush of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, expanding containment to 15 percent overnight as the burn zone grew to more than 9,100 acres.
An Amber Alert was issued Sunday for an 11-year-old Modesto boy after he was allegedly abducted by his father during a violent domestic dispute in a Motel 6 parking lot.
A driver accelerated to more then 130 mph Saturday evening, weaving between lanes on northbound 880 before exiting onto Oakland streets, in an attempt elude capture but was taken into custody after colliding with a vehicle at International Blvd and 35th Ave.
Chowdown champ Joey "Jaws" Chestnut broke his own record to gulp to a 14th win in the men's Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Sunday, while Michelle Lesco took the women's title.
Grizzly Peak Boulevard and several streets around Oakland's Lake Merritt were closed to traffic Sunday in an effort to reduce fire hazards and keep the large July 4th crowds under control.
For the first time since 2019, thousands were expected to gather along San Francisco's waterfront Sunday evening for a July 4th fireworks show, but Mother Nature will play a major role in just how well the crowd will be able to see the colorful display.
All across San Francisco's famed waterfront from Fisherman's Wharf to the Chase Center, crowds of July 4th holiday celebrants gathered Saturday, freed once again from any COVID-19 restrictions, spending money at reopened businesses.
It was the night before the Fourth of July and already the skies above East Oakland were aglow with illegal firework displays.
After weeks of warning about fire danger, the July 4th weekend is off to a fairly quiet start in Contra Costa County, but firefighters are not about to let their guard down.
San Francisco manager Gabe Kapler opted to have Austin Slater to pinch hit for Alex Dickerson to lead off the fifth inning.
While many were celebrating a July 4th weekend without COVID-19 restrictions Saturday, anxiety was growing among fire crews, fearful that illegal firework use could ignite a major wildfire.
Tony Kemp hit a game-winning sacrifice fly to cap a three-run 12th inning and the A's rallied past the Red Sox 7-6 on Saturday to snap their eight-game winning streak.
An Oakland firefighter has been invited to the White House for the Fourth of July.
Businesses around the world rushed Saturday to contain a ransomware attack that has paralyzed their computer networks, a situation complicated in the U.S. by offices lightly staffed at the start of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
