Burning Man Festival Gets Under Way
This is the 25th anniversary of Burning Man, a celebration of art, invention and independence. And for the first time, the event, which continues through Saturday...
Watch CBS News
This is the 25th anniversary of Burning Man, a celebration of art, invention and independence. And for the first time, the event, which continues through Saturday...
Amtrak is suing a Nevada trucking company for negligence in the hiring of a driver who drove a semi-trailer truck into the side of a passenger train last week in a fiery crash that killed six and injured more than 20.
A judge handling the first lawsuit in a deadly Amtrak crash in Nevada issued a protective order Wednesday prohibiting the destruction or disposal of any evidence tied to last week's fiery collision.
Robert Hill's mind keeps returning to one image from the smoke-filled Amtrak passenger car: the elderly woman he tried, again and again, to coax down from the upper deck after he escaped the burning train.
Investigators struggled to piece together how a truck driver who plowed into an Emeryville-bound Amtrak train in the Nevada desert failed to notice crossing gates and blinking lights.
A Nevada sheriff said six have been confirmed dead a day after a semi-truck slammed into an Amtrak passenger train on a rural highway.
A semitrailer plowed into an Bay Area-bound Amtrak passenger train Friday in rural Nevada, killing the truck driver and at least one person on the train.
Investigators are confident the case will proceed against a man suspected of assaulting a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said.
Giovanni Ramirez, the man suspected of brutally beating Giants fan Bryan Stow outside Dodger Stadium on March 31, is also being investigated in an attempted murder case in Nevada.
Former NFL running back and Stanford star Casey Moore is being promoted to running back coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack.
John Madden was in New York City on September 11, 2001. He said the death of Osama Bin Laden has brought some closure to the tragedy.
Minuscule amounts of radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear plant continue to reach the West Coast, including California, but scientists say it poses no health risk.
No. 13 Nevada used a strong defensive effort to cap its most successful season ever by beating Boston College 20-13 in the Fight Hunger Bowl at San Francisco's AT&T Park.
A Sierra snowstorm packing high winds downed a power line along Interstate 80 in west Reno, forcing the temporary closure of the highway at midday on Tuesday and leaving more than 3,300 people without electricity.
