California braces for its first widespread heat wave as temps could soar above 100 from Sacramento to the Central Valley to Bakersfield.

A 20-mile closure is slated for California's notorious "Blood Alley," a dangerous stretch of road where James Dean was killed ...

Drier summers and wetter winters are expanding the range of the fungus. The same conditions drive increasingly intense ...

Afternoon temperatures in the Valley will be nearly 10 degrees warmer than Monday and are forecast to reach the triple digits for the first time this year on Friday.

The drier plants get, the easier they burn. So after a dry rainy season and the recent heat in Southern California, grasses ...

Valley fever is increasingly being diagnosed outside its usual territory and cases have been rising across the Western U.S. While Arizona still sees the highest number each year, California is ...