Nation Nov 14 Newsom says arson was cause of fire that closed Los Angeles freeway indefinitely Drivers were tested Monday during the first weekday commute since the raging fire. Some freeway exits backed up as people were forced to use crowded surface streets to bypass the damaged freeway stretch south of downtown.
Politics Aug 24 3 dead, 6 wounded after a retired police officer opens fire at a Southern California biker bar A retired police officer opened fire in a popular Southern California biker bar, leaving three dead and six others with gunshot wounds.
Nation Aug 22 Tropical Storm Hilary leaves desert and mountain towns in muddy mess Hilary first slammed into Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninsula as a hurricane, causing one death and widespread flooding before becoming a tropical storm.
Nation May 26 California officials warn about deadly river torrents ahead of busy holiday weekend An extraordinary series of storms this past winter buried the Sierra range in deep snow that is now melting, swelling Central Valley rivers that just months ago were running low because of years of extreme drought.
Nation Mar 14 New atmospheric river expected to drench an already swamped California Forecasters are warning of more flooding, potentially damaging winds and difficult travel conditions on mountain roads as a new atmospheric river pushes into swamped California.
Nation Feb 25 Blizzards forecast in California mountains as massive winter storm continues A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, piling up snow and swelling rivers with runoff.
Nation Jan 14 Storm-drenched California gets more wind, rain and snow as Newsom urges caution Storm-battered California got more wind, rain and snow on Saturday, raising flooding concerns, causing power outages and making travel dangerous.
Nation Dec 20 Powerful earthquake damages California homes, disrupts power The magnitude 6.4 earthquake shattered glass, shook homes off foundations, damaged roads and left nearly 60,000 homes and businesses in the rural area without power and many without water.
Nation Nov 24 NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense plan The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in a $330 million project with echoes of the Bruce Willis movie “Armageddon.”…
Nation Sep 17 Giant California sequoias wrapped in protective aluminum as fire nears Firefighters have wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in fire-resistant aluminum and other trees and buildings in Sequoia National Park are also wrapped.