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Lindsey Hart carries out sandwiches to sit-in diners at the San Francisco Deli in Redding, Calif., on Dec. 3. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

December 7, 2020 at 12:00 am

As virus slams rural California, many still pan restrictions VIEW

Outside California’s big cities, especially in conservative areas, the backlash against tough new restrictions is growing, and some sheriffs say they won’t enforce health orders....

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January 2, 2020 at 4:43 pm

December storms gave California a promising snowpack

PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — December storms gave California a promising snowpack despite a slow start, state water authorities said Thursday after conducting measurements to...

April 1, 2019 at 10:03 pm

California turns to dam’s spillway for 1st time since crisis VIEW

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — An epic winter of rain and snow has refilled California's reservoirs and pressed into service a spillway at the nation's tallest...

April 2, 2018 at 12:22 pm

Late-winter storms slow California’s dive back into drought VIEW

PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — A stormy close to California's rainy season has slowed the state's plunge back into drought, bringing the vital Sierra Nevada...

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FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2018 file photo Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, crosses a snow covered meadow as he conducts the second snow survey of the season near Echo Summit, Calif. A new study led by scientists at Oregon State University has found that snowpack has declined dramatically across the American West over the past century. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File) LA503 LA503

March 4, 2018 at 11:55 pm

Storm dumps snow on California, but state’s still at 39 percent of average VIEW

PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. — California water officials tromped through long-awaited fresh snowdrifts in the Sierra Nevada mountains Monday, but a welcome late-winter storm still left...

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January 31, 2018 at 11:07 pm

Southern California’s brief escape from drought ends VIEW

PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — California's brief escape from severe drought ended Thursday after scientists declared more than 40 percent of the state in moderate...

Nation & World

November 16, 2017 at 12:41 am

Children quieted others at California school as gunman fired VIEW

RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Teacher Jennifer Bauman threw herself against a classroom door that wouldn't lock right, terrified that the gunman shooting outside...

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November 15, 2017 at 1:13 pm

Quick-thinking school staff saved kids at California school VIEW

RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — A school secretary at a tiny elementary school rushed out to shoo children inside. A custodian swooped in, yelling...

Nation & World

October 10, 2017 at 6:11 pm

Couple killed in California wildfire wed 75 years

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Mike Rippey stood among pieces of metal, porcelain and other remnants of the California home where his 100-year-old father and 98-year-old...

Nation & World

July 31, 2017 at 6:00 am

Rare birds, wildflowers: Tahoe-area ‘Secret garden’ opens after century

Conservation groups bought the land in Lower Carpenter Valley north of Lake Tahoe and are opening it for tours. It contains rare carnivorous plants and...