Cal Fire facility in Davis plays crucial role in Southern California wildfire fight
The dangers of responding to a disaster are made a little less risky thanks to this roadside pit stop in Davis.
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The dangers of responding to a disaster are made a little less risky thanks to this roadside pit stop in Davis.
A major Southern California water supplier approved a motion to help move forward a project that would tunnel water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Southern California.
The fire prompted a massive response from crews across the state, including five strike teams out of Auburn in Placer County.
The desperate search for 4-year-old Athena Lee and 2-year-old Mateo Lee continues after their mother, Angelica Bravo, was found dead in a north Sacramento home on July 8.
An Endangered Missing Advisory has been activated for two children police are trying to locate after their mother was found dead in Sacramento home, police said.
Authorities say Ike Nicholas Souzer was captured a week after he walked away from a halfway house.
Tracking the teen suspect down was not easy, prosecutors said. He would disguise his identity with usernames from the fictional language used in "The Lord of the Rings."
A man accused of committing arson on the Sacramento State campus in December was recently arrested near Los Angeles, officials said Friday.
Jim Nakano, who opened The Donut Man in 1972, was sent to a Japanese internment camp when he was just 2 years old.
Both men have been found safe, Sacramento police say.
The convicted sex offender known as the Pillowcase Rapist is headed back to prison — likely for the rest of his life — after being found guilty of failing to register as a sex offender in Bakersfield, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.73 billion after no one matched the game's six numbers and won the giant prize.
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom was front and center at the GOP presidential primary debate in Simi Valley on Wednesday.
New video shows a teen girl being thrown to the ground by an officer after a fight broke out at a football game in Victorville.
Without the replenishment of Colorado River water, the Salton Sea is rapidly receding, exposing a dry and toxic lakebed to the wind.
LAFD paramedics were forced to carry some down stairs because elevators weren't working in one building at White Memorial.
After hitting Southern California on Sunday as a tropical storm, Hilary headed into Nevada as the state's first-ever recorded tropical storm.
Hilary has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone that's still threatening deadly flooding and powerful gusts across parts of the West as it's turned streets into raging rivers, forced some residents to flee and left others in need of rescue.
Hilary dropped more than half an average year's worth of rain on some areas, including Palm Springs, which saw nearly 3.18 inches of rain by Sunday evening.
It is extremely rare for California to be hit with tropical storms or hurricanes — but it has happened before.
The National Transportation Safety Board and other agencies are still investigating what caused a deadly mid-air collision between two Cal Fire helicopters on Sunday.
Police found Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson's wife, Sheryl Ferguson, shot in a residence Thursday night.
A viral disease affecting livestock in Southern California has people up north on high alert.
After a short dip, the bear climbed over a wall and headed to a tree behind the Burbank home, police said. It was also seen in the neighborhood.
At the Santa Ana Public Library in Southern California, robots are specially programmed to teach children with autism.
Michelle Trachtenberg's death was initially undetermined but the medical examiner amended it after lab test results showed complications of diabetes mellitus.
Operations at the Valero refinery in Solano County may be shut down as soon as next year, the petroleum producer announced Wednesday.
The father of a 2-month-old girl who died in 2022 has been convicted of killing his child, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.
A woman was struck and killed by a train in Manteca on Wednesday, authorities say.
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed two people in November, police said on Wednesday.
“No other state will be more impacted," Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
Sanders and AOC held a campaign-style rally at Folsom Lake College as they crisscross Western states for the tour.
Operations at the Valero refinery in Solano County may be shut down as soon as next year, the petroleum producer announced Wednesday.
Michelle Trachtenberg's death was initially undetermined but the medical examiner amended it after lab test results showed complications of diabetes mellitus.
The father of a 2-month-old girl who died in 2022 has been convicted of killing his child, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.
A motorcyclist died after a collision with a car sent him off the side of Sacramento freeway, authorities said Tuesday.
Sacramento police said Monday night they were searching for multiple persons of interest after a woman was found dead.
A house fire in the south Sacramento area left one firefighter hospitalized, officials said.
A spike in crime in midtown Sacramento is impacting small businesses. A suspect is in custody and business owners are facing thousands of dollars in damages.
Maria Shriver made a return to Sacramento Tuesday evening as hundreds of people came out to hear her speak about her career and her family memories.
California is filing a lawsuit to challenge President Donald Trump's tariffs, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.
Newsom reports that Canadian tourism in California is down 12% compared to a year ago.
The move will ensure coverage through June for 15 million people, including immigrants, who receive health care via the program.
Authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from a Northern California conservation camp on Thursday.
A painting worth tens of millions of dollars was stolen by the Nazis during World War II and the fight to get it back recently made it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Soderstrom went deep with nobody out in the first off White Sox starter Sean Burke (1-3) for a 3-0 lead.
Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto homered, and Bryson Stott and Max Kepler added two hits apiece as the Phillies beat the Giants on Tuesday night.
Aaron Judge was appointed U.S. captain for next year's World Baseball Classic, team manager Mark DeRosa announced Monday.
Willy Adames and Mike Yastrzemski homered, and Tyler Fitzgerald also went deep, doubled and tripled to lead the Giants to a 10-4 win over the Phillies.
Rory McIlroy won a sudden-death playoff to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history as the sixth player to claim the career Grand Slam.
California is filing a lawsuit to challenge President Donald Trump's tariffs, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.
Two service members deployed to the U.S. southern border are dead and a third is in serious condition after a vehicle accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, the military says.
Newsom reports that Canadian tourism in California is down 12% compared to a year ago.
Sanders and AOC held a campaign-style rally at Folsom Lake College as they crisscross Western states for the tour.
President Trump says "we are looking into" how to send Americans to foreign prisons.
A majority of the agency's COVID-19 vaccine work group now backs narrower "risk-based" recommendations.
CDC experts were not made available to discuss the findings showing a rise in autism prevalence.
The move will ensure coverage through June for 15 million people, including immigrants, who receive health care via the program.
A teen stroke survivor speaks on life-changing brain surgery and aspirations to become a doctor
Steep cuts to the agency's workforce had disrupted drug and food safety inspections.
Finding the perfect dress isn't easy, but now, selling them could become a lot more challenging.
This weekend, Placer County is hosting its annual Sip Into Spring event, offering free or discounted tastings at more than 20 wineries along what's known as the Placer Wine Trail.
From fruits and veggies to car parts, economists project that businesses will pass along the cost of the tariffs to customers.
An economic blackout was underway Friday as activists nationwide encouraged people not to spend their money at large corporations, retailers and fast-food chains for 24 hours.
San Joaquin County's retail theft reporting app has only been around for six months and is already bringing a sense of calmness to local business owners.
As more people in California lose private insurance, the state's FAIR plan is filling up with homes in places the industry itself has classified as low-risk for wildfire.
Once thought of as a small, rarely-used backstop, the FAIR Plan is now one of the largest insurers in the state, and people without FAIR Plan insurance are the ones on the hook for the FAIR Plan's debt. Yet the FAIR Plan is still cloaked in secrecy.
In an exclusive interview, Huskins and Quinn take us through his interrogation, showing us step-by-step how old-school interrogation training led to their "American Nightmare."
As California faces the largest insurance crisis in the state's history, there is still no leader of the state Senate Insurance Committee. Half committee members are new to the committee, the committee staff is new, and arguably, the most experienced and qualified person in the Senate to lead this committee is embroiled in a federal corruption investigation.
In an exclusive interview with CBS News California, Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn reveal the timeline of Matthew Muller's cold-case crimes. Crimes they helped solve. The survivors detail how it took a decade, a documentary, a small-town chief, and a rural district attorney to get anyone to listen.
CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team devised an idea on how to lower what consumers owe on their credit cards -- and it begins with a simple phone call.
No one wants to think about death. However, it's important to plan on what happens to your digital assets after you die.
After spending $18,000 on waterproof laminate floors, a Natomas couple spotted damage after the first cleaning.
More than a year after Hai Pham canceled the trial membership, he kept getting charged every month for it.
A Natomas mother demanded that her daughter be exhumed and cremated after a Sacramento cemetery moved her grave without telling the family.
A Butte County family is suing the California FAIR Plan and the underlining carriers after smoke damage claims made as a result of the Park Fire were denied.
Cal Fire released its new fire hazard severity maps, including for Sacramento, detailing which areas are at high risk of fires.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service are joining forces with Sierra Pacific Industries, a major lumber company, in a $75 million partnership to build and maintain fuel breaks throughout California and Oregon.
Research is just beginning on the impacts that the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Southern California had on the health of first responders.
Federal funding cuts to the U.S. Forest Service are raising concerns in Placer County about whether there will be enough resources to prevent wildfires.
A Sacramento-area middle school history and English teacher is in the running to win big as America's Favorite Teacher, a title her students think she is more than worthy of being awarded.
Junior Romello Bruhn of Woodland Christian High School is closer than ever to scoring 3,000 career points, something only 13 high school athletes have accomplished in California state history.
Cake, candles, chicken and a cow are the recipe for a 90th birthday celebration at the Madison Avenue Chick-fil-A for a long-time customer who has become a staple in the Sacramento community.
A high school senior and his girlfriend dressed up as Santa and Mrs. Claus and handed out gifts to every student at their school, Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts.
It was a day of conquering fears and overcoming odds at the Sacramento Deep Water Channel this weekend. People living with physical disabilities got an opportunity to feel the exhilaration of setting sail.
Here's a look at the weather forecast.
Your Produce Man Michael Marks talks pineapple, green beans and strawberries.
California is filing a lawsuit to challenge President Donald Trump's tariffs, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that his state will file a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's authority to impose sweeping tariffs that have set off a global trade war.
Community members continue to protest the Sacramento sheriff's decision to no longer respond to certain mental health calls for help.