Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 ...

Matt LaFever has reported on California’s North Coast in print and radio for nearly a decade. A Humboldt State grad and ...

One of the major laws going into effect today is a law aimed at preventing drink spiking at bars and nightclubs. One local ...

Growth of the Madre Fire burning off Highway 166 expanded overnight, now having scorched 70,801 acres by Friday morning.

The Madre fire burning in San Luis Obispo County has grown to become the largest wildfire California has seen this year. It ...

In 2022, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory launched a satellite sensor to map minerals in the Earth’s dusty, arid regions. But that’s not all it’s useful for—in a new study, scientists ...

In the Age of Exploration, early European mapmakers depicted California as a massive island drifting off the west coast of North America. This cartographic error persisted for nearly two centuries, ...

For more than a generation, Big Sur — a 71-mile stretch of California coastline, both pristine and accessible to the public — ...

Poor air quality caused by ozone and other sources prompted the warnings across six states on Thursday and Friday.

The Flying Ministers: The Salvation Army’s “Flying Padres” cross the Australian outback by air, dropping in on ranches and ...

Operated by Amtrak, the Coast Starlight has been running from Los Angeles to Seattle in its present form for 50 years. Rail buffs may ride the route for its full 35-hour, 1,377-mile duration, but ...