Mendocino

The beloved Festival of Lights will soon glimmer at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.

The multi-day, meal-rich happening is a wintertime must for seafoodies.

A Silicon Valley startup is rethinking what happens to your remains after you die by choosing trees over traditional tombstones.

One of the devastating results of California’s June heatwave appears to be the death of tens of thousands of mussels, according to Jackie Sones, research coordinator for Bodega Marine Reserve.

Light rain falling Wednesday in some areas of Northern California could aid crews fighting a deadly wildfire while raising the risk of flash floods and complicating efforts to recover the remains of those killed. Heavier rain was expected later in the day in the Paradise burn area, where a monstrous wildfire has killed at least 81 people and destroyed more...

Officials say a utility worker has been killed near a Northern California wildfire as crews continue to battle multiple blazes that have forced more evacuations.

Firefighters reported progress Tuesday in their battle against the wildfires that have ravaged some of Northern California’s most scenic areas, including twin blazes that were tearing through vineyards and brush-covered hills and threatening some 10,000 homes.

The number of people ordered to flee from two Northern California wildfires has swelled to 15,000, authorities said Monday as flames rolled toward several small towns in a rural area of lakes, forests and mountains. Elsewhere in the same region, firefighters were hopeful that the state’s largest and deadliest blaze of the year was slowing down after days of explosive...

The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security says the federal government is helping to remove thousands of tons of debris as part of rebuilding efforts in wildfire-ravaged areas of Northern California.

The commercial Dungeness crab season along the Northern California coast has been delayed again because the popular seafood is not yet ready for harvesting.

A World War II veteran and his wife were unable to make it out of their Napa home before it was engulfed in flames Sunday, killing them.

A World War II veteran and his wife were unable to make it out of their Napa home before it was engulfed in flames Sunday, killing them. Jodi Hernandez reports.

California officials say a 50-mile stretch of commercial Dungeness crab fishery will reopen after tests showed a drop in acid levels.

The commercial Dungeness crab season kicked off Tuesday, and plenty of fisherman, including at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco were up early, getting ready to bring in their hauls.

California voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use — an issue that has sown deep division here among longtime growers.

It’s been a transformational year for farmers who grow and sell weed permitted under California’s medical marijuana regulations. Recently, new laws signed by Governor Jerry Brown kicked-in creating a new state agency with new rules and licensing for medicinal weed growers.

Elements of Turkey’s military attempted to seize control of the nation’s government Friday night, with the president away from the capital. It was not the first coup in the nation’s history, Reuters reports. In fact, military coups in the last 60 years have unseated four elected governments in Turkey. On May 2, 1960, an almost bloodless military coup was carried...