15+ hour, 47+ min ago   (272+ words) The Lucas Fire has nearly quadrupled since Friday morning, pushing past 4,000 acres in the hills above Upper Lake and prompting the Lake County sheriff to declare a local emergency. Cal Fire put the blaze at 4,008 acres and 15 percent contained late…...

15+ hour, 37+ min ago   (267+ words) A dog went over the side of a boat near Bailey Cove on Shasta Lake Friday morning, and the man who jumped in after it never came back up. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office identified him as Geordan White, 60, of…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (198+ words) The sea lion rolling in the surf at Seacliff State Beach was not playing. It was seizing. KYMA carried an NBC report from Aptos this week on a sharp rise in sick and dying sea lions along the Santa Cruz…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (257+ words) A bat on the ground is not a bat that needs rescuing. Three Humboldt County kids just learned that lesson the hard way, with a round of rabies shots to show for it. Public health officials confirmed three children were…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (232+ words) Tahoe gets the postcards, but a lake fed by Yosemite snowmelt is quietly stealing some of its thunder. Travel outlet Islands is telling boaters to skip the crowds at Tahoe and point their trailers toward Lake McClure instead, calling the…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (228+ words) Some of California’s rarest coastal habitat is losing ground to an invader from Europe, and the people fighting back could use more hands. The Redwood Parks Conservancy, working with the North Coast Redwoods District of California State Parks, is recruiting…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (158+ words) The main western artery into Yosemite is carrying traffic again. Highway 140 reopened over the weekend after the Colorado Fire forced days of closures along the Merced River canyon, restoring the most direct route into Yosemite Valley just as holiday crowds…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (197+ words) Active NorCal In the middle of fire season, the Forest Service says it can be the difference between a fire engine finding a blaze and getting lost on the way Mendocino National Forest is seeing an uptick in sign vandalism,…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (250+ words) If you see smoke rising off Angel Island this week, take a breath before dialing 911. It’s supposed to be there. California State Parks, working with Cal Fire and the Marin County Fire Department, plans to burn up to 260 acres of…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (237+ words) A dog walker in the middle of San Francisco got the surprise of a lifetime Saturday night after looking up and spotting a mountain lion perched in a tree in the Panhandle, the narrow strip of green connecting Golden Gate…...