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By Eric Schucht Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — A house exploded and caught fire Thursday morning in south Sacramento, leaving one person dead, officials said. Fire ...

Initial location: Inyo County, Calif. The pile burning project, called 2025 Inf Fire And Fuels, was initiated 10:48 a.m. Jan. 1 in Inyo County, California. The prescribed fire has been burning on ...

Firefighters are responding to a house fire in the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento where one person has been found dead.

Fire crews were dispatched around 6:38 a.m. to a property on 39th Street south of 14th Avenue in the South Oak Park neighborhood.

Texas Republican lawmakers advanced a new redistricting map that could give the GOP five additional seats in Congress.

Katie Porter was the biggest beneficiary of Kamala Harris passing on a run for California governor, according to a new poll from POLITICO and its partners, with the former representative now holding a ...

Promoted in August, Santa Rosa’s Amy Segui said the position “wasn't something I was expecting this early in my career.” ...

Traffic is backed up on Interstate 80 after a crash and fire in Roseville, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The Coyote Fire burned 164 acres by evening on August 20 in Somerset, El Dorado County. Cal Fire deployed air tankers, helicopters, and engines as evacuation warnings went up for Omo and Somerset ...

A fire and explosion leveled a Sacramento home Aug. 21, 2025, killing one and igniting multiple nearby buildings in a blast ...

The wildfire started burning in a rural area several miles east of Highway 49 and southeast of Placerville. As of 4:30 p.m.