A strong atmospheric river is pummeling Southern California, bringing a widespread risk of floods and prompting evacuations.

A winter storm bearing down on Central California this week whipped up a wildfire, prompting evacuations, but also helped dissipate some of the flames.

Ballots cast to approve Prop. 50 outnumbered "no" votes in Fresno, Imperial, Lake, Merced, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Joaquin counties, each of which were carried by Mr. Trump in the last presidential election.

“That pup is really relying on everything it learns from the mother to be able to survive in the ocean,” Zink said, adding that a mother sea otter cares for her pup for up to nine months, often carrying her small baby on her chest.

Officials say Mikey Rijavec was fishing eight miles off the coast on Tuesday when he issued a mayday call. Mexican authorities are searching for a popular YouTuber from San Diego who was reported missing after fishing off the coast of Baja California on Tuesday.

John Beam, a legendary football coach featured on Netflix's "Last Chance U" and the Laney College athletic director, has died, one day after being shot on the Oakland, California campus.

Oakland police investigated a shooting at Laney College that killed Laney College football legend near campus.