A 550-pound bear that had been living under a California man’s home for more than a month finally got away, after a strange strategy ended a long string of failed removal attempts by state officials. The male black bear was removed from the crawl space Tuesday after bear removal experts from Tahoe traveled to the … Read more
Shasta Lake, the largest reservoir in California, rose more than 30 feet over the past two weeks as a series of winter storms battered the state, according to state data. The heavy inflow over the holidays, with Shasta Lake rising 10 feet alone between Friday and Monday, pushed water levels in the sprawling Northern California … Read more
Record rainfall to start 2026 continues to hit Santa Barbara County, with reports of more than an inch of rain per hour falling in the county and flooding on Highway 101 – closing it in both directions – Saturday afternoon. “US 101 is closed in both directions near Goleta due to a series of mudslides,” … Read more
Agents at the California border have noticed an alarming increase in animal trafficking cases. More and more people tried to smuggle in everything from elephant tusks to live birds and monkeys. Similar incidents occurred in Massachusetts, Los Angeles County, and Texas. What’s going on? According to Mongabay, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has … Read more
HOLBROOK, Ariz. (AP) — Investigators have declined to release a suspected motive in the shooting death of the wife of a prominent California farmer in eastern Arizona, but said the couple’s long-running divorce case came up in nearly all interviews with family and friends. Michael Abatti, 63, was arrested last week in El Centro, California, … Read more
California firefighters have found the body of a California triathlete on a beach northwest of Santa Cruz, nearly a week after she went missing amid speculation she was killed by a shark. Erica Fox’s remains were found on Saturday, her father and husband confirmed to local news outlets. Fox, 55, was part of a group … Read more
A body was found in the water on Saturday north of Monterey Bay, California, in the same area where a swimmer went missing nearly a week ago in a suspected shark attack, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. The body was pulled from the ocean just south of Davenport Beach around 2pm Saturday, … Read more
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California this week dismissed a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government’s withdrawal of $4 billion for the state’s long-delayed high-speed rail project. The US Department of Transportation in July cut funding for the bullet train aimed at connecting San Francisco to Los Angeles. The Trump administration … Read more
Search and rescue operations continued Monday morning, December 22 for a missing 55-year-old woman who swam off a popular beach in Pacific Grove after a shark sighting the previous day. Around 12 pm on Sunday, December 21, the Pacific Grove Police Department and the Monterey Fire Department responded to a report of a missing swimmer … Read more
The lottery frenzy continues – just in time for the holiday season! With the $1.5 billion Powerball and Florida on a recent hot streak with five $1 million wins in less than a month, here’s to a Sunshine State win. As they say in the lottery business, “it can happen to you.” After no one … Read more