July 2026

Cal Fire said on Wednesday morning the Rock Fire has increased to 8,000 acres and is 5% contained. Flames are burning near Highway 395.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a decision to bar over $1 billion in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota.

A Michigan man was convicted this month of murdering a traveling nurse’s assistant from California after investigators said he mistook her for an ex-girlfriend.

Caltrans is set to begin a four-year project on Highway 4, including Ebbetts Pass in the Sierra Nevada.

Multiple people have drowned in the Trinity River in Humboldt County over the past week.

Onetime Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt has launched the WAR Foundation, a citizen journalism venture fueled by AI videos.

Salvador Perez tied the franchise home run record and Lane Thomas hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Kansas…

New Badger State utility rules meant to curb data centers could hit the Bay Area tech giant hard.

Police are calling a fatal stabbing outside Capitola Mall on July 20, 2026, a “random act of violence.”

The Rock Fire and the Biscar Fire are burning in the eastern Sierra Nevada, prompting highway closures and evacuations.