Whether you're looking for adventure, work opportunities, new scenery or better weather conditions, California cities represent a special, sunny place in the popular imagination. But before packing ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - What should have been a quick walk home turned into a violent attack for an Oakland woman early Saturday morning. Amanda Raye, who declined to share her last name for safety ...

The California Highway Patrol impounded more than 50 vehicles over the past two weekends as they continue a crackdown on so-called "street takeovers" in Oakland, including one that recently ...

Lakes appearing in the Sahara desert captured in satellite images after a cyclone dumped a years' worth of rain on northern Africa in just a few days. Lakes have appeared in the Sahara after a ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Firefighting crews took advantage of calmer weather Sunday to increase containment of a small wildfire in Oakland, California, that burned two homes and forced more than ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A wind-fueled brush fire Friday damaged at least two structures and forced hundreds to evacuate. Forward progress has been stopped, and firefighters are hoping to have the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Thirty-three years ago, on Oct. 19, 1991, a deadly firestorm tore through the Oakland Hills, killing 25 people and injuring 150. To this day, the cause of the fire ...

The Keller Fire in the Oakland Hills had burned 13 acres and was 60% contained as of 6 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Oakland Fire Department. Saturday evening, evacuation orders were lifted ...

The annual Orionids meteor shower is predicted to peak Sunday night into Monday morning and should be visible in both hemispheres from midnight until just before dawn. Meteorologists expect about ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fast-moving fire fed by strong winds burned two homes Friday and damaged several others in a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland ... in two peaks west of ...

The Keller Fire in the Oakland Hills began Friday afternoon and ... dry air from inland desert areas to the Pacific Coast. The Santa Ana winds were in “full swing,” the weather service Los ...