Nevada City and Grass Valley, siblings in Gold Country near Sacramento, have been drawing more visitors than ever. Both towns preserve their mining heritage and are surrounded by the scenic South ...

These neighborhoods join several others in the Fresno-Clovis area already designated as “moderate” or “high” fire severity ...

The Conner Fire near Gardnerville has grown to nearly 14,000 acres, with evacuations still in place and crews responding ...

Effective immediately, Topaz Lake is closed to all public access to allow for uninterrupted aerial firefighting efforts in ...

At San Onofre — just yards from the shore break, on a bluff over the blue Pacific, in an active earthquake zone and close to ...

With rich gold and critical mineral resources, the US West Coast is drawing interest from ASX juniors amidst interest in ...

A settlement has been reached in the civil lawsuit alleging negligence in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set ...

California and the Southwest are also struggling. Across California, Nevada and Arizona, only San Jose, Sacramento and Las Vegas received a “normal” designation. The rest are “slow.” ...

The Wilderness Society, a Washington, D.C.-based conservation nonprofit, created an interactive map of the 250 million acres ... in 11 western states — Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 11:14 p.m. in Nevada County, California. Lowell Fire has been burning on federal land ...