HEALDSBURG, CALIFORNIA - When a wildfire threatened Margie Hanselman's home in the northern California hills two years ago, the fire department dispatcher told her all the crews were already busy battling another blaze. "That's when I knew we were really on our own," she said. "I knew I had to do something differently for the… Keep Reading
Sudden Oak Death (SOD), a deadly disease for oak trees, is on the rise in California. According to a survey conducted by UC Berkeley scientists, the number of infected trees has almost doubled since 2018. Matteo Garbelotto, the director of the UC Berkeley Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory, has been involved in conducting the survey of 14… Keep Reading
A swarm of small earthquakes has struck near the California-Mexico border underneath the town of El Centro in Imperial County. Scientists are closely watching the cluster, which began at 6:07 p.m. Monday with a magnitude 2.8 quake, followed six minutes later by the largest quake so far, a magnitude 4. There were 18 aftershocks within… Keep Reading
Monday: For a second time, a blaze narrowly missed the home of the rancher who inadvertently sparked the Ranch fire. Also: Meet Col. Charles Young. Five months ago, we brought you the story of the rancher in Mendocino County who inadvertently started the largest wildfire in California history when he hammered a stake into a wasp’s nest.… Keep Reading
Alvino Alaniz is accused of forcing his way into his ex's home and attacking her new partner, who sustained life-threatening injuries but survived. A man in northern California woke up to one of the worst scenarios imaginable. His girlfriend's ex allegedly forced his way into their home, kicked down their bedroom door and began stabbing… Keep Reading
A small airplane crashed into a residence in a Southern California city, leaving the pilot dead. Three people inside the home, including an infant, made it to safety, officials said. "A single-engine Cirrus SR22 crashed under unknown circumstances into a house on West 115th Street in Upland," FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor confirmed. Upland is 20… Keep Reading
Two murder suspects who escaped from a California county jail were captured on Wednesday morning, police said. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office said Santos Samuel Fonseca, 21, and Jonathan Salazar, 20, were both located, arrested and transported back to the county after escaping the Monterey County Adult Detention Facility on Sunday. Capt. John Thornburg of the Monterey… Keep Reading
While Sonoma County and local Cal Fire fire agencies were first to the Kincade fire when it erupted two weeks ago in remote, rugged land atop the Mayacamas Mountains, nearly 500 more agencies headed this way to help. The vast majority of the 506 agencies came from around California but 159 came from outside the… Keep Reading
SACRAMENTO — Already besieged by problems including long wait times, the California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday said it suffered a data breach in which federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, had improper access to the Social Security information of 3,200 people issued driver’s licenses. Notices of the data breach went out… Keep Reading
The names of the two people killed in a head-on collision on Santa Fe Drive have been released by the Merced County Sheriff’s Department. The deceased were identified as Margarita Leyva-Alonzo, 47, of Turlock and Gabriel Amaro Rufina, 50, of Turlock. The collision happened around 5:30 a.m. Oct. 24 on Santa Fe Drive, east of… Keep Reading
