California Still in Deep Drought Despite Big Storm October 28, 2021 By John Antczak The deluge California received from a powerful atmospheric river made streams and waterfalls come alive while coating mountains with snow,...
Progress Against Flames from Massive Wildfire Near Lake Tahoe September 1, 2021 By Sam Metz, Janie Har and John Antczak Firefighters reported progress in the battle to save communities on the south end of Lake Tahoe from an approaching forest...
Wildfires Advancing Through Northern California August 18, 2021 By Terence Chea and John Antczak Northern California wildfires that incinerated two mountain communities continued marching through the Sierra Nevada while a utility purposely blacked out...
Wildfires Burning Homes, Land Across 10 States in West July 13, 2021 By John Antczak and Christopher Weber Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states, and the largest, in Oregon,...
California Crash, Arrest Draw More Scrutiny of Tesla Autopilot May 14, 2021 By John Antczak Safety regulators are sending a team to California to investigate a fatal freeway crash involving a Tesla, just after authorities...
Southern California Quakes Raise Interest in West Coast Warning System July 10, 2019 By John Antczak and Christopher Weber The powerful Mojave Desert earthquakes that rocked California ended a years-long lull in major seismic activity and raised new interest...
California’s Governor: Earthquakes Are A ‘Wake-Up Call’ July 8, 2019 By John Antczak, Daisy Nguyen and Marcio Jose Sanchez The two major earthquakes that hit Southern California should alert people across the nation of the need to be prepared...
Southern California Begins Assessing Damage From Largest Earthquake in 20 Years July 7, 2019 By John Antczak, Daisy Nguyen and Marcio Jose Sanchez RIDGECREST, Calif. — Crews in Southern California assessed damage to cracked and burned buildings, broken roads, leaking water and gas...
New, Old Wildfires Rage Amid California Heat Wave July 9, 2018 By John Antczak Firefighters toiled in stifling heat Saturday on the lines of destructive wildfires across the U.S. West, making progress against some...
Traffic Safety Investigators Probing California Bus Crash That Killed 4 August 5, 2016 By Scott Smith and John Antczak Federal safety investigators converged this week in central California to investigate a highway wreck that nearly sliced a bus in...