Los Angeles took over as California's top city after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fires. What lessons can L.A. learn from this latest disaster?
A major fire burning at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Northern California is sending up flames of toxic smoke.
Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.
The Milken Institute’s annual report gauges the best cities based on metrics including job and wage growth, affordability and other economic factors.
California faced a double blow on Friday as a 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area, coinciding with raging wildfires in the southern part of the state. The q
The city's extended dry spell comes on the heels of significant rain events in late 2024, which had temporarily alleviated drought concerns. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, state reservoirs remain at reasonable levels for now, but a prolonged dry season could alter this outlook.
Someone stole 200 bronze vases off graves in a San Francisco Bay Area cemetery, California sheriff’s officials reported. Workers at Oakmont Memorial Park in Lafayette noticed the vases were missing last month, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 15 news release.
Affordability and a drop in skilled workers fueled the area’s plummet in a new analysis of the nation’s best-performing cities.
The Tehachapi Loop in California's Central Valley is a 3,799-foot-long rail spiral that first allowed passenger trains to journey from the Bay Area to LA.
More than 30 years after a woman was murdered in an alley in San Francisco's Chinatown, police said they have located the suspect as he awaits trial for another murder in Colorado. A Denver Fire Department assistant chief is asking his colleagues to move forward on a vote of no confidence in the department chief and deputy chief after a CBS News Colorado investigation.
The massive fire at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage plants in Northern California has shaken a local community worried about possible long-term impacts and brought scrutiny to the emerging industry's safety practices.
Development pipeline dries up as 75% fewer properties opened last year in region, with outlook it will get worse.