Firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze that enveloped a building under construction in Oakland, CA on July 7. Residents in the neighborhood were forced to evacuate. Part of the building collapsed onto the street. No injuries were reported.
Several fires were burning across the West. Evacuation orders for hundreds of homes were in place as a wildfire rages in the White River National Forest about 4 miles from Colorado’s Breckenridge Ski Resort. In northern Nevada, flames headed toward homes
Wolves have returned to Northern California, and state officials are looking for help tracking them. Use these tips to help determine if you saw a wolf, a dog or a coyote.
How much concrete, rebar and pipe will it take to rebuild the lower spillway at Lake Oroville? Check out these numbers.
In this video posted June 28,2017, excavators this week continue to bring down the remaining walls on the lower portion of the Oroville Dam spillway’s upper chute. Demolition of the 1,400-foot lower chute is nearly complete. In February, damage to the sp
A Delta water district fights salinity. The problem will worsen as ocean level rises, threatening Delta water quality and statewide water supplies.
If you’ve ever wondered whether those runaway truck ramps you see in mountainous areas are used, here’s the proof. Watch in this Caltrans video as a fast-moving big rig skids into a runaway truck ramp on Interstate 5 near the Grapevine in Southern California.
Think we’ re the only generation of commuters who have it bad? In 1930, the New York City health commissioner criticized the “indecency of present overcrowding” of the subway and warned of contagious diseases.
The nozzle firefighter from Engine 56 had his hands full on a house fire in South Sacramento in this dramatic helmet cam video posted Tuesday. The firefighter’s helmet cam shows him making entry into a burning home last week (June 22,2017) where an exterior fire had spread to the inside. He fights flames in several rooms before going back outside to extinguish the exterior fire. There were no injuries, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Where do minimum wage workers get paid the most? How California fits in as it raises its minimum wage to $15 per hour.
With abundant water in the north state, this drone video by John Hannon brings out the beauty of the Upper Sacramento River, from Mount Shasta to Shasta Lake, including Hedge Creek Falls in Dunsmuir.
Motorists on the Capital City Freeway, Highway 160 or residents of the Woodlake neighborhood might see some smoke this week as firefighters burn high grass in a controlled manner to lessen the danger of wildfires later this summer.
Sacramento Fire Department crews rescued multiple cats and birds from a house fire Saturday on Norbert Way in South Natomas. Two adults were evacuated safely. There were no injuries reported, and cause of the fire remains under investigation.
State officials are cracking down on illegal fireworks, and even the legal ones are banned in some area cities and counties. Legal fireworks go on sale on Wednesday, July 28.
Sometimes it’s the little wonders that make Yosemite National Park special. Water in the Tuolumne and Merced watersheds begins in the high country, moves downstream through creeks, and finally joins powerful rivers travelling toward the Pacific Ocean. Take a moment and listen to the water flowing through the fen at Happy Isles on its way to join the Merced River in this video posted Thursday, June 22,2017.
As the heat rises, repair work at the Oroville Dam spillway continues in this June 20,2017. With temperatures forecast in the area for 110 degrees or more, protections are in place for construction employees, Jeff Petersen, Kiewit’s project director, sa
