California wildlife officials have confirmed there’s a new wolf pack in the northern part of the state, as the population of the endangered canids — and the number…
Read more 4 California wolves were eliminated, but there’s a new pack in townHours after a fierce, wind-whipped wildfire ignited in Mono County on Thursday afternoon, damaging homes, a storm rolled in, bringing with it much-needed precipitation. But it wasn’t coincidence…
Read more A wildfire and a rainbow: Dramatic photo shows California fire as storm rolls into regionThe California Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed at least two cases of avian flu in birds found at Cameron Park Lake in El Dorado County. It’s…
Read more Sick Canada Geese in El Dorado County, wildlife experts confirm bird flu arrives with migrationStop me if you’ve heard this before: a sea otter stole a surfboard in the waters off Santa Cruz. It happened on Wednesday, when calls for a water…
Read more Sea otter steals surfer’s board in Santa Cruz; woman uninjuredTwo mountain lions that were orphaned as cubs have been released back into the San Diego County wilderness. The cubs, which were found malnourished earlier this year, were…
Read more Two mountain lions that were found malnourished and alone as cubs are released back into the wildSeveral homeowners insurance companies that had either left the state or limited policies are coming back or committing to staying in California’s market, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the…
Read more California leaders say homeowners insurance companies are coming back to the stateA 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel revived a lawsuit this week filed by Orthodox Jewish families that sued California education officials over the state’s policy of refusing…
Read more Ruling revives lawsuit to allow state funding for special education to go to religious schoolsThe 34-year-old Norco man arrested on suspicion of starting the Line fire, which has raged through San Bernardino County, tried multiple times to start a fire before succeeding,…
Read more Mother defends man accused of intentionally setting huge California wildfireOne deputy was convicted of driving drunk with a loaded gun in the car. Another was suspended for failing to promptly report an on-duty traffic accident. An experienced…
Read more Spotty redactions and public records reveal names of deputies in case against DA advisorKim Kardashian, who in recent years has become an advocate for criminal justice reform, paid a visit last week to a camp in the mountains of Northern California…
Read more Kim Kardashian and sister visit Northern California inmate fire campStockton’s McLeod Lake is looking pretty in pink this week. The splash of color is part of a study being conducted by the California Department of Water Resources,…
Read more A California lake turned pink this week — in the name of scienceCameron Whiting had just finished an easy 1.5-mile open-water swim and was bodysurfing Sunday morning off Del Mar Beach when a member of his swimming group began to…
Read more ‘Shark!’ Swimmers race to save bleeding man off Southern California beachNeighbors of the Los Padres trail in Ventura County were convinced they’d spotted a baby mountain lion on their security cameras this month. But it was not a…
Read more Baby mountain lion roaming Thousand Oaks? Have no fear, officials say: It’s a house catA 3-year-old brown pelican hobbled about the San Pedro Pier, injured and unable to feed itself for at least a day. Cuts ran parallel to the jaw, straight…
Read more 500 stitches later, injured brown pelican ‘Blue’ continues healing processAlthough recent storms have thrashed the California coastline and boosted reservoir levels, the downpours have so far failed to deposit significant snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, which experts…
Read more 'Snow drought' grips California and western United States, despite recent stormsA former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy convicted and sentenced to death for murder died in custody Thursday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Stephen…
Read more Former L.A. County sheriff's deputy, sentenced to death for murder, dies in prisonOn a cool, cloudy morning one day last week, Albert Rivas approached a pile of dry wood in the Angeles National Forest and set it on fire. The…
Read more After a mild fire year, Southern California crews look ahead to 2024A man squatting in Yosemite National Park was sentenced to more than five years and three months in prison on Monday for breaking into a private residence and…
Read more A squatter, a shotgun and stolen items: How one man overstayed his welcome in Yosemite
