As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual ...

The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A ...

Tribal communities in Northern California’s mountainous interior are celebrating the recent designation of Sáttítla Highlands ...

Some Northern CA cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rain, while southern cities are bone-dry. This ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated President Joe Biden’s decision to officially establish the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National ...

Creation of the Sáttítla and Chuckwalla national monument are a win for California tribes that advocated for their protection ...

Creation of the Chuckwalla National Monument preserves more than 600,000 acres. Bad weather cancels president’s speech.

President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California in part to honor two tribes.

The area is a spiritual center for the Pit River and Modoc Tribes and encompasses mountain woodlands and meadows home to rare flowers and wildlife.

Biden has federally protected 1,053,125 square miles of land and ocean in his term — an area nearly four times the size of ...

Proclamations set to be signed Tuesday will create the Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California near Joshua Tree ...