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Valley Springs, CA – There was a scary scene in Valley Springs last night as two teens’ lives hung in the balance as emergency crews used a life-saving medication that they say the public should have on hand. Calaveras Consolidated Firefighters (CCF) responded Tuesday (4/23) night to an...

Richard Ehrhart, 69, of San Jose, California was hiking the Natural Bridges coastal trail in Curry County with his wife before reportedly falling.

(FOX40.COM) — After starting the week in the upper 80s, parts of Northern California may be back under some wet weather and a chance of thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service Sacramento station. From Tuesday and into Wednesday there is a 15% to 35% of thunderstorms in the foothills and the Sierra. According to […]

After the sunny and warm start to the week with highs above average, our forecast is making a cooler transition. Highs have stayed in the mid to upper 80s from the weekend through Monday in the valley. This won't be the case on Tuesday as cooler air spills in from the west thanks to strong Delta Breezes.Afternoon highs stay cool through the day as many reach for the mid-70s. Cooler than Monday's highs by about 10 degrees.   The Cooler PatternAn area of high pressure that has kept the warmth and sunshine in place has now moved off to the east, allowing...

It's a good idea to throw on a jacket and get your umbrella handy before you head out the door Thursday. A cool and wet system off the coast of the Pacific Northwest will track southeast through the Pacific Northwest and end up to our east from today through early Saturday. This will drive cloudy skies, cooler temperatures and the potential for light to moderate showers across our region to end your work week. There will also be a slight chance for thunderstorm activity popping up Thursday and Friday, and the potential for high elevation snow late Thursday night through mid morning Friday. We've had cloudy skies overnight, and the light showers that brushed across our region late Wednesday night have fizzled out into early Thursday morning. We'll start out cloudy, dry and mild today, but shower chances will increase from mid day through this evening. It looks like you'll need your umbrella if you're planning on heading out to the Thursday Night Market in Chico this evening. Temperatures are mostly starting out in the low to mid 50's in the valley, but Redding has stayed in the lower 60's overnight. Foothill areas are starting out in the 40's to lower 50's, and our mountain zones have dipped into the 30's to mid 40's Thursday morning. We'll have south winds to 15mph through this afternoon, but northwest winds will develop and become breezy this evening. High temperatures are projected to climb into the mid 60's to lower 70's in the valley, 50's to lower 60's in the foothills, and upper 40's to upper 50's in most of our mountain zones Thursday afternoon. The heaviest showers from this system are expected from mid afternoon Thursday through mid morning Friday.

A cool delta breeze will pick up Wednesday evening. Otherwise clouds will clear and all of Northern California will be dry to start Thursday. Tomorrow will be a breezy day for many, with a westerly wind in the Valley sustained at 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Stronger gusts are also expected over the Sierra crest.

SACRAMENTO — For weeks, campuses across the nation have been at the center of the debate over the Israel-Hamas war.This week, things reached a boiling point as demonstrations turned violent over calls for a ceasefire and for campuses to cut ties with companies supporting Israel.Professor Rory Little of UC Law San Francisco said we're seeing echoes of a movement that started 60 years ago."This year is an interesting year," Little said. "We're in the 60th anniversary right now of something which started in Berkeley, California called the Free Speech Movement when students started protesting the Vietnam War and taking over...

Paolo Bicchieri is a reporter at Eater SF writing about Bay Area restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. Northern California’s legendary garlic celebration returns once again this summer — though it’ll be in a new home, about 50 miles away from the allium’s ancestral lands of Gilroy. In August 2024, the California Garlic Festival is moving to the Merced County Spring Fairgrounds in Los Banos. ABC 7 reports the popular annual event will run from August 30 to September 1 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 403 F Street in Los Banos.

(FOX40.COM) — A multi-vehicle crash in Amador County has left one person dead and three others injured, according to California Highway Patrol. Amador Fire said the crash was called in around 6 p.m. on Friday and occurred on Highway 88 and Silver Drive in Pioneer, about 30 miles northeast of San Andreas. The fire agency […]

REDDING, Calif. - The Pacific Fishery Management Council has recommended to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to cancel this year's salmon season. The action would shut down both commercial and recreational salmon fishing. The recommendation cites previous years of drought, wildfires and algae blooms as reasons for a sharp decline in the salmon health and population.

SACRAMENTO - As protests continue to erupt across the country, Jewish leaders in Northern California say the rate of antisemitic incidents has now broken records. Universities across the nation have become ground zero for people protesting the Isreal Hamas war. At Columbia, classes have moved to online learning to keep students safe, barricades have gone up around New York University, and at Yale, things have reached a boiling point. Tensions on campuses have led to concerns about harassment and safety for the schools' Jewish communities. "So they started taunting me and giving me their middle finger and yelling in...

Showers and thunderstorms will taper off tonight. More showers and storms possible tomorrow afternoon east of the Cascades and in Northern California. More widespread wet weather and much cooler weather arrives Thursday.

SACRAMENTO, Calif — A full moon known as the “Pink Moon” will peak Tuesday. Although the moon won’t actually be pink, its illumination will be hard to miss. The full moon began Monday and will be around until Thursday morning, but Tuesday is when it will be at its brightest.

A roommate dispute surrounding a missing dog ends in a cautionary tale in the Copperopolis area of Calaveras County. On Sunday, April 21st, 2024, deputies responded to a loud and angry dispute between housemates. Once on scene, deputies learned that one of the roommates was moving out, and it was discovered that his dog, Doobie, a beloved one-year-old Schnauzer, was missing.