California

A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands. Jessica Aguirre and Chief Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri report.

Firefighters on Tuesday scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides as a fierce windstorm hit Southern California.

As Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans approaches we look ahead to the next several cities to play host to the NFL’s biggest game.

Santa Ana winds in Southern California are often-fierce winds that topple power lines and trees and can turn a spark into a raging wildfire. Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast and offshore. They typically occur during the fall months and continue through winter and into early...

Dangerously high winds forced President Joe Biden to cancel a trip Tuesday to the Eastern Coachella Valley, where he was to announce the creation of two new national monuments in California that will honor Native American tribes.

Forecasters warned of “life-threatening, destructive” wind gusts in Southern California.

A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds is sweeping through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences. Homes have burned and tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders, some of whom abandoned cars and fled on foot due to clogged roads. California Gov. Gavin Newsom says many structures have already been destroyed in the Pacific Palisades wildfire....

A potentially life-threatening windstorm is headed to Southern California this week. Bay Area firefighters are now heading that way to help. Jessica Aguirre speaks with Brent Pascua of Cal Fire on this.

Commercial crabbing season in California opened this past weekend after a couple months delay.

Commercial crabbing season in California opened this weekend after a couple months delay. Sergio Quintana reports.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $322 billion budget without a deficit. It’s a welcome change after two years of significant budget shortfalls in the nation’s most populous state. But the proposal announced Monday will also leave little room for funding new programs. Still, it’s mostly a placeholder as California waits to see if incoming President Donald Trump will...

State leaders on Monday get a first look at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new state budget proposal. One education official discusses how it would impact schools.

People across the Bay Area made their way to Half Moon Bay to get fresh crab off commercial crab boats as the Dungeness crab season kicked off. Christie Smith reports.

NBC Bay Area’s longtime anchor and journalist Terry McSweeney announced he is retiring after four-plus decades in the industry. McSweeney manned the weekend desk since 2013.

The Dungeness crab season kicked off on Sunday after various delays.

The Dungeness crab season kicked off on Sunday after delays leading up to the start. Christie Smith reports.

The California Highway Patrol is warning the public to beware of fraudsters posing as “AMBER Alert representatives” offering to “register” children.

A new California law going into effect in 2025 says alcohol sales in streets, sidewalk, or public spaces are allowed within the local government’s “entertainment zones.”

The Oakland Zoo is kicking off the new year by taking care of a malnourished spider monkey that was found in a car during a traffic stop in Central California, according to the zoo and the California Highway Patrol.