California Begins 6th Straight Dry Year
California's 2016 water year ended Friday, marking a fifth consecutive dry year with low snowfall, officials from the Department of Water Resources said.
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California's 2016 water year ended Friday, marking a fifth consecutive dry year with low snowfall, officials from the Department of Water Resources said.
The blaze has destroyed 12 homes and 16 outbuildings and damaged one other home.
Federal authorities added seven yellow-faced bee species, Hawaii's only native bees, for protection under the Endangered Species Act Friday, a first for any bees in the United States.
A new study finds that unusually warm Pacific Ocean temperatures helped cause a massive bloom of toxic algae last year.
A firefighter has been injured and 8 homes destroyed in the Loma Fire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains, according to state fire officials.
The Justice Department and EPA said S.F.-based Chemoil exported 48 million gallons of bio-diesel from 2011 to 2013, but failed to follow EPA rules.
California emergency management officials say automated earthquake warnings could begin within the next one to two years.
Bay Area crab lovers may soon be celebrating with their favorite crustaceans once again.
Police in northern Germany say that a Tesla driver is blaming the car's autopilot after crashing into the rear end of a bus on a highway.
In Sonoma County, a train, filled with hazardous materials is sitting abandoned on the tracks as a fight over who is responsible for moving it drags on.
Federal investigators have identified a driver suspected of taking an illegal joyride on a fragile, dry lake bed in Death Valley National Park.
The Loma Fire has grown to 2,250 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains of southern Santa Clara County since Monday afternoon.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the rusty patched bumblebee, also known as bombus affinis, is in danger of becoming extinct.
Fire crews are making progress against a two square-mile blaze burning near The Geysers geothermal facility in Sonoma County.
Adult mosquitoes collected from three San Jose ZIP codes have tested positive for West Nile virus: 95112, 95131 and 95133.
