Jessica Garrison

Following days of rain, floodwaters surround homes and vehicles in the Planada community of Merced County, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

After months ‘left in the dark,’ undocumented flood victims to get $95 million in aid from state

June 5, 2023 at 6:42 a.m.

On the night of Jan. 9, amid pelting rain, a levee along Miles Creek in Merced County failed, flooding half the small town of Planada, devastating the tightknit community that...

A man walks through floodwaters on College Road in Watsonville, Calif., Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Tormenta mortal azota California, provocando inundaciones y evacuaciones

March 11, 2023 at 12:29 a.m.

FRESNO — La temporada de tormentas mortales de California se volvió aún más mortal el viernes cuando la primera de dos tormentas fluviales atmosféricas descendió sobre el estado, lo que provocó órdenes...

Recall er Patty Plumb (front) stands in front of the Shasta County Clerk's Office, where votes for the recent recall election, were being counted, with her husband Ron Plumb and Marjorie Andrews.

With unfounded fraud claims swirling, red California county dumps Dominion voting machines

March 2, 2023 at 2:22 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — Swept up in unproven voter fraud claims, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors has upended the county's election process, canceling its contract with Dominion Voting Systems and opting this week...

GOSHEN, CA - JANUARY 16: Tulare County Sheriff crime unit removes the body of one of the victims at the scene where six people, including a 6-month old baby, her teenage mother and an elderly woman, were killed in a Central Valley farming community in what the local sheriff said was likely a targeted attack by a drug cartel on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 in Goshen, CA. The massacre occurred around 3:30 a.m. in and around a residence in the Tulare County town of Goshen near Visalia. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Six people, including mother and baby, killed in Tulare County; drug cartel suspected

January 18, 2023 at 4:40 a.m.

GOSHEN — Six people, including a 6-month old baby, her teenage mother and an elderly woman, were killed Monday in a Central Valley farming community in what the local sheriff said was...

A resident clears debris from a yard after the San Lorenzo River overflowed and flooded the Felton Grove neighborhood in Felton, California, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. California faces more drenching rain, as concerns about drought have been replaced by fears of flooding thats killed at least 14 people, closed highways and sent residents fleeing for their lives. Photographer: Nic Coury/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Death toll rises to 19 in California as new storms hit battered communities

January 12, 2023 at 2:42 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — From the Pacific coast to the Central Valley, California communities battered by days of destructive flooding began repair and cleanup efforts Wednesday as the weather-weary state found itself in the...

SACRAMENTO, CA - JANUARY 05: Antonio Rico, 63, removes some of his his belongings from his camp at a flooded homeless encampment on Bannon Island, along the Sacramento River on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 in Sacramento, CA. Rico said he decided to leave the island because of the recent storms. The storms last week caused flooding on the island, around 60 people who live in the encampment have being warned to move to higher ground. Massive 'atmospheric river' to bring heavy rains, winds, flooding across California. Residents, business owners and emergency workers nervously await the epic 'Bomb cyclone' storm expected to slam the Bay Area Wednesday and Thursday. Urgent high wind warning starting at 4 a.m. Wednesday, with gusts up to 50 mph in low-lying areas and up to 70 mph at the coast and among the region's highest peaks. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

‘The worst of it still in front of us’ as new storms set to pound a rain-weary California

January 9, 2023 at 2:24 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — California is bracing for another week of destructive storms that will probably bring flooding and hazardous winds Monday to an already battered state.A series of atmospheric rivers that pummeled coastal...

A piece from the Capitola Wharf is seen inside the storm damaged Zelda's restaurant in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Giant ocean swells pushed debris through the front wall and a window, filling the interior with several inches of seawater. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)

Storm leaves California coastal towns badly damaged — with more danger on the way

January 6, 2023 at 3:03 p.m.

SANTA CRUZ — The latest in a series of atmospheric river storms pummeled Northern California on Thursday, toppling trees, battering the coastline and swelling rivers and streams into furious torrents as residents...

A person walks along The Embarcadero in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Another winter storm is expected to move into California on Wednesday, walloping the northern part of the state with more rain and snow. It's the second major storm of the week in the parched state. It follows storms that brought threats of flash flooding and severe thunderstorms across the southern U.S. and heavy snow in the upper Midwest. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

A lull in the chaos after Northern California suffers damage from floods, winds, huge waves

January 6, 2023 at 12:16 a.m.

SACRAMENTO — A powerful winter storm that blasted Northern California with strong winds and heavy rain, knocking out power, toppling trees — including one that killed a toddler — and flooding homes...

A damaged Valero gas station creaks in the wind during a massive "bomb cyclone" rain storm in South San Francisco, California on January 4, 2023. - A bomb cyclone smashed into California on January 4, 2023, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain that was expected to cause flooding in areas already saturated by consecutive storms. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Toddler killed, cities evacuated as massive storm lashes Northern California

January 4, 2023 at 9:25 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO — Northern California is bracing for yet another powerful storm that's expected to bring strong winds and drench the already-battered region with heavy rain on Wednesday, prompting Gov. Newsom to...

Nurse Katie Leonard, left, assists Scott Mathers, right, as they rescue Mathers' mother, Patsy Costello, 88, after being trapped in her vehicle for over an hour on Astrid Drive in Pleasant Hill, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. Costello drove her car on the flooded street thinking she could make it when it stalled in the two feet of water. After two hours the water had receded about a foot making it easier to rescue her. Police were called but stood by and watched after calling in a tow truck to help pull the car out of the water. Nurse Katie Leonard, of Pleasant Hill, lives down the block used her kayak to bring Costello hot tea, blankets, food and a phone to call a friend. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP)

Deadly storm pummels Northern California, breaching levees, forcing many water rescues

January 2, 2023 at 5:05 p.m.

After a powerful New Year's Eve storm triggered landslides, blackouts and road closures across California, residents were left to deal with the aftermath Sunday as forecasters warned of even more...

Joe Aguilar of Sacramento waves a United Farm Workers flag in front of the state Capitol in Sacramento after the union finished a 24-day march on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would give farmworkers the ability to vote from home to unionize.

Newsom signs UFW bill aimed at helping California farmworkers organize

September 29, 2022 at 5:14 a.m.

SACRAMENTO — After previously indicating he might veto the measure, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law Wednesday that will make it easier for agricultural laborers to unions, a hard-fought win...

LOCATION: Near Fairview Ave & Bautista Road CITY: Hemet DETAILS: Massive flames on the fast burning fire. Many homes are evacuated. Several burn victims (with transport) two possible fatalities, not confirmed by PIO but stated via radio traffic.

Two dead, multiple structures burn as fast-moving fire near Hemet explodes

September 6, 2022 at 3:56 a.m.

Two people were killed and one person was injured Monday in a rapidly expanding fire near Hemet that burned at least seven structures, according to fire officials, while another fast-moving...

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 03: Police officers work at the scene of a mass shooting on April 3, 2022 in Sacramento, California. Six adults were killed and 12 other people were injured in a mass shooting occurred early morning on Sunday in Sacramento, Xinhua News Agency reported. (Photo by Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images)

At least five shooters involved in Sacramento massacre, gang ties likely, police say

April 7, 2022 at 1:23 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — Sacramento police said Wednesday that it appears that at least five shooters fired guns during Sunday's massacre in downtown, which killed six people and injured 12. Officials are still trying...

A person es a memorial near the location of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, April 4, 2022. Multiple people were killed and injured in the shooting a day earlier. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Sacramento mass shooting: At least 75 shots fired, 18 people hit, 6 dead, many questions

April 4, 2022 at 9:25 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — Videos have emerged of the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento on Sunday morning that underscore the chaos of the situation.One shows a large group of people fighting on the street,...

Man arrested in Sacramento mass shooting but not on homicide charges. More arrests likely, D.A. says

April 4, 2022 at 1:11 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — In the early hours of Sunday morning outside downtown nightclubs just blocks from the state Capitol, a barrage of gunfire from at least two shooters killed six people and wounded...

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 3: Two women hug each other at the scene of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif., on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Six people are dead and 12 others are injured after a shooting broke out early Sunday morning. Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester said there were no suspects in custody yet. The shooting happened in the vicinity of the 1000 block of K Street in downtown Sacramento. (Photo by Jose Carlos Fajardo/MediaNews Group/East Bay Times via Getty Images)

Sacramento police seek multiple gunmen in mass shooting that killed 6, wounded 12

April 4, 2022 at 12:56 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — Sacramento police are searching for multiple suspects in a mass shooting in the city's downtown early Sunday that killed six people and wounded 12 others.Police Chief Katherine Lester said the...

The Canadian flag is reflected in a wheel hub as anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators gather as a truck convoy blocks the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alberta, Canada, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Thousands of antivaccine protesters descended on Canada’s capital of Ottawa in frigid temperatures to protest vaccine mandates, masks and restrictions over the weekend and some remain, blocking traffic around Parliament Hill in what has been the biggest pandemic protest in the country to date. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

After shocking Canada, are ‘Freedom Convoys’ in the U.S. next?

February 11, 2022 at 3:04 p.m.

It began as a ragtag team of Canadian truckers shouting about their disdain for vaccine mandates and the politicians upholding them. They stood shoulder to shoulder in below-freezing temperatures, waving...

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