Former President Jimmy Carter once was offered a gift from Northern California: a 9-ton peanut carved from a redwood tree. His aides said no thanks.

Some local Northern California representatives are heading to the nation's capital on Monday for the inauguration of President Trump.Redding city councilor and former mayor Tenessa Audette is one of m

Gov. Gavin Newsom says no state builds high-speed rail better than California. He may want to check out what Florida has built.

Fires began Tuesday afternoon as high-speed winds, known as the Santa Ana winds, quickly spread flames from a small fire into Pacific Palisades.

The official return of the La Niña weather pattern was declared on Thursday. Even though the disrupting weather pattern is late and weaker than normal, it is still having an impact on winter weather which is seen in the rain in the Northwest and the droughts across the country.

President Joe Biden created the Chuckwalla National Monument, in Southern California near Joshua Tree National Park, and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, in Northern California

Matt Warbritton, supervisory hydrologist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, said West Coast weather patterns have once again favored Oregon and Northern California with plenty of snow.

U.S. President Joe Biden designated two California sites -- a swathe of desert significant to native tribes and a dormant volcano -- as national monuments on Tuesday, advancing his record of conserving more U.

Some of the jobs roped into the American Climate Corps have funding locked down for much of Trump’s term. Zampaglione’s program, the Forest Corps, has $15 million in funding from the U.S. Forest Service that should last it five years, according to Ken Goodson, the director of AmeriCorps NCCC, which recruits young adults for public service.

Known for its signature cornmeal-dusted crusts, the chain was a nostalgic favorite for generations of families.

Today, the Los Angeles Times is launching Boiling Point, a podcast about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Yes, that’s the same name as this newsletter. I hope you’ll subscribe and listen.