Teenage hiker found dead in popular Bay Area park
The teen was expected to start his senior year of high school this fall.
Hiker Rescued From State Park After 2 Days Trapped Inside Waterfall
Ryan Wardwell, 46, was rescued by officials after spending two days trapped inside of a waterfall within an iconic national park.
Caltrans breaks ground on new scale facility on I-80 capable of inspecting 1,000 trucks...
California transportation officials recently kicked off a construction project to build a new “state of the art” truck scales facility in Cordelia. On August 15, 2025, Caltrans held a groundbreaking ceremony for a project to replace the existing Cordelia Truck Scales along westbound I‐80. Weigh In Motion And More At...
UC Officials to Face Lawmakers Over Failure to Return Native American Remains and Artifacts
Top officials from the University of California will be called to account Tuesday morning for their ongoing failure to return thousands of Native American human remains and hundreds of thousands of sacred cultural artifacts, as required by both federal and state law. The hearing — scheduled for 9 a.m. in...
California Woman’s Arm Amputated Following Mini Golf Freak Accident
A 53-year-old California woman, Adela Magaña, was celebrating her son’s 13th birthday at a local Golf N’ Stuff. Suddenly, a tree fell on her, and the freak accident cost her her arm. As reported by the VC Star, the incident occurred on the evening of August 6....
New State Rules on Joshua Trees Bring Confusion for Local Property Owners
Local homeowners and agencies in Phelan and Piñon Hills are running into confusion over what they’re allowed to do with Joshua Trees on their property, as the state continues working out the final rules for a new law meant to protect the iconic desert plant. The Western Joshua...
Data Shows Significant Decline in Police Violence in California
CALIFORNIA – California law enforcement officers killed fewer people, fired fewer shots, and used force less often in 2024 than in any year since the state began tracking the data nearly a decade ago, according to an analysis by the San Francisco Chronicle using Department of Justice statistics. The...
Latino Viral Barber VicBlends Builds California’s First Licensed Prison Barber School
When Victor Fontanez, better known online as VicBlends, first walked into Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, California, he had no idea he would return four years later to cut the ribbon on the first licensed barber school in a California state prison. He went in at the invitation of longtime...
Mother dog, several puppies found living in ‘disturbing conditions’: SCCSO
(KRON) — A mother dog and her four puppies were rescued in July by Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office deputies after living in “disturbing conditions”, officials said in a social media post. SCCSO said deputies were helping its Code Enforcement unit at a property in unincorporated San Jose when they made the...
Central Valley groundwater pumping, land-sinking stressing Aqueduct. Is there a fix?
Years of collapsing areas of land in the San Joaquin Valley — caused primarily by the over-pumping of groundwater for farming — has taken a toll on California’s largest water delivery system that relies on stable land to work well. A state report released this year determined its 2023 annual water delivery capability...
