The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation plans to ban the use of campfires, charcoal barbecues and all other ash-producing fuels at New Melones Reservoir recreation areas starting this Friday through Nov.

“He’s the national champion,” people whispered at the other end of the table where Meller sat, alerting newcomers to the club that the nation’s best Scrabble player was there. Meller ...

On a recent Saturday in Inglewood, about a dozen acclaimed music producers including Dahi — who's worked with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and Drake — and DJ ...

The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office is warning of an online “sextortion” scam targeting local youth. A news release from the agency Tuesday afternoon stated that the scam involves a fake ...

Rev. O.P. Fitzgerald’s first Sunday in Gold Rush Sonora was like no other Sabbath in his experience.

A few months ago, Northeastern University computer scientist Annika Schoene was playing around with ChatGPT when she found a troubling gap in its safeguards against harmful content.

At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid federal and state rollbacks of transgender protections and gender ...

Sin City is facing a summer swoon, and Californians — by far the largest tourist contingent, data show — are partially to blame.

Mental health is health. We keep track of our child's physical growth and milestones such as learning to walk or talk. But we also need to check in on their ...

Christina Simms wouldn’t call herself an artist. The Howard University student was a budding scientist visiting to do research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her main objective ...

More than 63 million Americans are caregivers for a family member with complex medical needs, a 20 million increase over the past decade, according to a new report.

President Donald Trump announced in July that Coca-Cola would switch to cane sugar for its U.S. sodas. This followed criticism of the use of high-fructose corn syrup, which Coke currently ...