During the Bay Area’s damp winters ... and a 600-year-old Jepson laurel tree at the trail’s midpoint. A California banana slug spotted (yet spotless) in the Crystal Springs area. (nmoorhatch via ...

CALIFORNIA-OSITY? The state of utter and amazing California-a-tude may be basked in on any day of the year, of course; somewhere, flowers are blooming in the Golden State, a wave is grandly ...

By Yan Zhuang At least 29 people have been killed in the Eaton and Palisades fires, making them among the deadliest in California’s history. Seventeen people have been confirmed dead in the ...

A 97-year-old woman was killed and her body stuffed in the trunk of a car by her adult grandson and his girlfriend, according to police. Brian Wiggins, 40, and his girlfriend, Dozsha Beckwith ...

Once she was deceased, he and his girlfriend put her body in the trunk of the vehicle, police said. Wiggins and Beckwith are scheduled to appear in Sacramento County Main Jail on January 28.

At least 29 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across Southern California. Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across ...

Keep an eye out for California bay laurel, coast live oak, and even the occasional California walnut tree. And if you’re lucky (or unlucky, depending on your perspective), you might spot some of the ...