Two wildfires that broke out within a mile of each other in Riverside County on Wednesday quickly merged and spread to at least 331 acres as of mid-afternoon, officials said. Originally dubbed ...

Rocío Ramos looks from a doorway in her home on May 19 in Tijuana. The El Salvadorian family had planned to seek asylum in ...

Snake species that are commonly found in California including the gopher snake, coachwhip snake, sharp-tailed snake, ...

"The fire continues to burn at a moderate rate," Cal Fire said, adding that hundreds of firefighters were working through the ...

The Housing First approach to homelessness isn’t always followed correctly. A California program is trying to change that.

Evacuation orders have been lowered to warnings as crews work to contain the Pickup Fire burning in the Madera County mountains near Coarsegold.

Residents of the Golden State have been told to 'seek shelter' as National Weather Service renews warning over extreme temperatures ...

More than 130 cats—many malnourished, and some already dead—were discovered crammed inside a sweltering U-Haul van.

For the past 15 years, documentary photographer Karen Ballard has been working on a long-term project about Venice, a vibrant ...

Authorities say firefighters who rushed to put out a blaze in a northern Idaho mountain community found themselves instead in an unexpected shootout.

A sheriff says a man shot firefighters battling a blaze in northern Idaho after they asked him to move his vehicle, killing two of them and wounding a third ...