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Evacuation orders were issued for Mineral King Road from Highway 198 to Oak Grove Bridge, and Mineral King Drive up to Sequoia National Park boundary

Evacuation orders were issued for Mineral King Road from Highway 198 to Oak Grove Bridge, and Mineral King Drive up to Sequoia National Park boundary.

Firefighters have struggled for weeks with the twin blazes, which are burning in the Sequoia National Forest and Sequoia National Park.

Gov. Newsom signed a $15 billion climate change package Thursday, the largest investment of its kind in the state’s history. He signed the bill in Three

California’s re-emerging drought is placing unprecedented strain on the state's intricate water system, threatening mass agricultural production and basic drinking water in a way experts say is more severe than in years past.

The body of an El Salvadorian man has been recovered after being missing 11 days at Pine Flat Lake.  On Wednesday, Fresno County Sheriffs Office Deputies recovered the body of Gabriel Larreynaga, 47, of El Salvador. The report released from the office stated that Larreynaga had served in the El Salvadorian military with the rank of Lt. Colonel, and was visiting family. According to the men that were with him, he was sitting on the ledge of a ski boat when he suddenly fell overboard. He was n...

Hanford has seen 13 days of 100 degrees or above during the first half of July, including a run of extreme temps from 105 to 112 degrees, a record for many of those days. This compares to just 5 days at 100 or more during the first half of July 2020 and only 4 in the same period in July 2019. Meteorologist Cindy Bean of NWS Hanford says it is part of a giant high pressure system that has stubbornly blanketed much of the West Coast and even up into Canada."Its very unusual" she says. ”The g...

Wildfires have caused some of the top Arizona national forest remote getaways to close Shanti Lerner, Arizona Republic UP NEXT Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article included an incorrect date for the closure of Prescott National Forest. With the recent closures of the Coconino, Kaibab, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests as well as Prescott and Tonto National Forest as of Friday, June 25, many travel and recreation plans have been shelved.  The closu...

Arizona National Forest closures are putting a damper on camping and recreation plans. Here are some top getaway destinations closed due to wildfires.

Skip to main content Which California lakes are best to visit this summer? Here are 50 close to the Bay Area FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Men fish near Pleasure Cove at Lake Berryessa, which is in better shape than nearby Lake Sonoma and Lake Mendocino.John Storey / Special to the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Two men fish near Pleasure Cove Marina at Lake Berryessa in Napa, Calif. on March 6th, 2021John Storey / Special to the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less For more stories like this, check out T...