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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Last year and the year before, in an unprecedented environmental disaster, wildfires in California’s Sequoia National Park and nearby national forests roared through treasured sequoia groves in the Southern Sierra Nevada, generating flames hundreds of feet high and killing nearly 20% of all the ancient…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against restrictions on carrying firearms in public in a substantial victory for Second Amendment advocates, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed at least three major gun control measures into law to restrict access to the weapons and…

FISH CAMP, Calif. — The first that Michael Gilbert, a 67-year-old rock climber and bellman, heard of the fire in Yosemite National Park was from a mother and daughter who drove up breathless on Friday.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The first that Michael Gilbert, a 67-year-old rock climber and bellman, heard of the fire in Yosemite National Park was from a mother and daughter who drove up breathless on Friday.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Washburn Fire burning in Yosemite National Park has grown significantly to over 700 acres, fire officials reported Saturday morning.

More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, such as the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.

OAKLAND, Calif. – After a promising start, Oakland A’s pitcher Paul Blackburn got roughed up Friday night in an 8-3 loss to the Houston Astros.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A fire that closed down a portion of Yosemite National Park has grown to 166 acres, according to Friday afternoon update.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Despite California’s worsening drought, and Gov. Gavin Newsom warning six weeks ago that major water agencies need to do more to cut water use or face mandatory statewide restrictions, Californians are still missing conservation targets by a large margin, new numbers released Friday show.