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Update at 12:12 a.m.: CAL FIRE reports that ground crews have stopped the forward spread of the Oak Fire, a vegetation fire, in the Mountain Ranch area, at an estimated three acres in size. Crews will work towards full containment and then mop up. What ignited this blaze is under investigation. See further details below.
Some of the best meals hide behind creaky doors and faded paint on quiet country roads. In the foothills of California, there is an old Gold Rush hotel that looks like a simple stop from the outside. Step inside, though, and you find a wood-paneled saloon serving a prime rib...
Angels Camp & Murphys, CA…Angels Food & Sierra Hills Markets Weekly Ad November 11 ~ November 17! Shop Local & Save!! Grocery, Meat, Deli, Produce & Lots of Local Wines! 100’s More Items on Sale Throughout the Store! Angels Food Market, started by Harry Croshaw, has been serving the Calaveras community since 1935. Glen, Harry’s son, eventually took over the store and then passed it along to his son, Mike, who continues to operate it to this day.
Sierra Nevada and Lassen peaks could see 2 feet of snow as dangerous travel develops Friday.
Pacific Power has requested a rate increase of 57% next year in Northern California, an unprecedented price hike in the region and more than triple what regulators approved in 2023. The proposed rate would add around $120 to customers’ monthly bills, according to Pacific Power. The PacifiCorp-owned company said...
Imagine receiving a PG&E bill for more than $600 for a 1000-square-foot apartment. That's what one Placerville woman says she experienced before recently discovering she may have been paying for electricity used by her neighbor for years.
The last time the ocean off Northern California looked like this, a marine heat wave and an El Niño wiped out most of the North Coast’s bull kelp, and the state’s own staff report says this year closely matches that stretch from 2014 to 2016. The California...
The Dixie, North Complex, and Sugar fires burned more than half of the upper Feather River watershed in 2020 and 2021, and a new federal study has put a number on one consequence almost nobody was tracking at the time: the fires sent a lot more water downstream to Lake Oroville.
SEATTLE — A powerful storm system spinning off the Pacific Northwest coast has strengthened sharply, with its central pressure falling into the 960s millibars. That is roughly comparable to the central pressure of a Category 3 hurricane. The storm is expected to steer another atmospheric river into the region, along with strong winds, higher storm surge and dangerous surf.
The National Weather Service forecasts a much stronger Pacific storm for Friday, Nov. 13, with heavy rain, mountain snow and strong winds from northern California to the Northwest.
Now everyone is in playoff mode. The Central Section started its playoff run last week, and the football fun continues for other Northern California sections this week. Those sections are the Central Coast, Oakland, San Francisco, Sac-Joaquin and Northern sections. For decades, the section finals capped the end of prep...
CALAVERAS COUNTY, Calif. — A political candidate in California is leading a Board of Supervisors race two months after he died, according to the Calaveras County results. Bruce Giudici has received 56.99% support with 1,982 votes in the Board of Supervisors District 5 race. Clyde Clapp has received 43.01% support with 1,496 votes.
With improved weather conditions for burning, effective this past Friday morning, Nov. 6, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Tuolumne Calaveras Unit rescinded its seasonal suspension. Lifting the suspension, which had been in place since May 25, effectively allows residents with a valid permit within State Responsibility Areas...
California’s Gold Rush towns still have a few old saloons where you can grab a midday meal under the same roof miners once knew. Some of these buildings date back to the 1850s, and they still open their doors for lunch today. This list covers six of them, from...
Sacramento, CA — A California Public Utilities Commission proposal would affect planned utility work in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, and Mariposa counties. The CPUC is planning to vote on new guidelines (SPD-37 Joint IOU Application) on November 19. It would set stricter rules, evaluation formulas, audit standards, and cost-recovery conditions that utilities must meet to build long-term underground power-line networks.
The National Weather Service Bay Area office upgraded their high surf warning to extreme with waves up to 50 feet possible over the weekend. photo credit: Wikimedia/Brocken Inaglory Rain and dangerous coastal conditions are on the way to the North Bay in the next few days. The National Weather Service had already put out warnings for major weather risk at Bay Area beaches this weekend. Now forecasters have raised that warning to extreme. National Weather Service Bay Area Meteorologist Joe Merchant said it's because of a large swell headed towards California from a storm off the West Coast. "With that comes some really dangerous breaking waves," Merchant said. "We're going to see breaking waves up to 25 to 35 feet and it would and occasionally over 50 feet at times." The largest breaking waves could come to locations like Maverick's off Half Moon Bay, where big wave surfers are likely to flock . Merchant said the general public should be extremely cautious at the coast this weekend. "There's really no need to get anywhere near the water," Merchant said. He also noted the recent death of a beach goer near Santa Cruz. "Conditions are going to be deadly on or
A new report from UC Davis researchers highlights the number of wild animals killed on California roads each year, with deer collisions particularly common in western El Dorado County.
Pass the cranberry sauce as Thanksgiving dinner in Northern California is serving up something for every kind of table. The post Thanksgiving Dining in Northern California 2026 appeared first on Fabulous California .
Coastal areas of Northern California should brace for some rain and dangerous ocean conditions this weekend, the National Weather Service said Thursday. Dangerously large breaking waves will arise from Friday night into early Sunday. Some waves could reach 50 feet at sites like Mavericks near Half Moon Bay and could be between 25 and 30 feet elsewhere along the Northern California coast, according to the weather service.
Every November, a lot of Californians quietly accept that their turkey is negotiable but the pie is not. The trouble is that the best pies in the state often come from tiny towns, mountain hamlets, and roadside farm stands, and those places run out fast once Thanksgiving week arrives. This...