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The Dos Rios Ranch Preserve is California’s largest single floodplain restoration project, part of the nation’s broadest effort to rethink how rivers flow as climate change alters the environment.

Visit Modesto has a free-to-follow map that spotlights farms, scenic routes, and local businesses.

California public health officials say the number of available intensive care unit beds in the vast San Joaquin Valley has dropped to zero for the first time Saturday

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state was battling “367 known fires” earlier this week.

The California Highway Patrol says nearly $1 million in cash was dumped on a Central California road during a chase that ended with the arrests of two men, who apparently planned to buy marijuana with the money

Every year, storms from the tropics flood the West Coast, and a new study estimated the weather creates annual damage worth $1 billion.

A former California state prison inmate tells her story of sexual abuse by prison staff during her time incarcerated. A closer look at newly released records reveals a culture of sexual misconduct in California’s women’s prisons.

The two inmates charged with murder who broke out of a California jail over the weekend are back in custody, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

Firefighters on Monday continued to battle a destructive wildfire in Northern California’s wine country, trying to beat back flames that forced thousands to flee their homes.

Firefighters continue to battle a destructive wildfire that has leveled 31 homes and charred tens of thousands of acres in Northern California’s wine country, forcing the largest evacuation in Sonoma County history.

Authorities ordered at least 50,000 residents to evacuate towns near a massive Northern California wildfire Saturday, and the state’s largest utility announced power shut-offs for an estimated 2.35 million people due to forecasts of severe winds and extreme fire danger. Two previous electricity shut-offs in recent weeks were carried out amid concern that gusty winds could disrupt or knock down...

Lights went out across large portions of Northern California on Wednesday, as the state’s largest utility began its second massive blackout in two weeks, citing the return of dangerous fire weather. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said the rolling blackouts that initially stretched from the Sierra foothills to north of the San Francisco Bay Area would ultimately impact a half-million...

Less than two weeks after blacking out much of Northern California, the state’s largest utility is warning that dangerous fire weather could prompt it to shut off power to over 200,000 customers.

One of the most recent threats to California’s environment has webbed feet, white whiskers, shaggy fur and orange buck teeth that could be mistaken for carrots.

A central California resident has died from complications related to the use of e-cigarettes, the seventh person to die of a vaping-related illness. The Tulare County Public Health Office confirmed the death Monday in a Facebook post, hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to spend $20 million on raising awareness about the dangers of vaping nicotine and...

Thousands of Southern California grocery store workers have set a deadline to strike amid faltering negotiations with supermarkets over wage increases that workers say is necessary to afford living in the region.

At least seven people were injured after a U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed in the California desert Wednesday while on a routine training mission, according to the U.S. Naval Air Forces Pacific.

How many roads are enough to get out? A USA Today-California Network analysis of California communities and evacuation routes shows that some areas in the state are far outside the norm when it comes to the number of lanes of roadway available for the size of the population.

Both political parties’ supporters show up at the southern border during the president’s visit to voice their opinion. NBC 7’s Steven Luke has more.

Here are things to know about California’s death row.