After a reasonably active summer with with the Park Fire, significant atmospheric river storms from October through December led to above average precipitation levels. Len Nielson, Cal Fire chief ...

“This nefarious project,” said NRDC forest advocate Rita Vaughan Frost, “will threaten the health of south Stockton neighborhoods, pollute the environment and waste precious time and energy that ...

A major compounding factor was likely the downstream effects of two unusually wet winters the Southern California region saw ...

Epic events like the Southern California wildfires do not have a singular cause. While we don't yet know the official causes of the fires, we do know that the weather and climate conditions when ...

“We’re doing great in the northern half. We’ve had that big atmospheric river series of storms in November and a few others in December,” Reising said. “So that’s a great start for the ...

Around Fort Bragg, CA, massive waves persist off the coast, and the moisture from the Atmospheric River will persist in bringing valley rainfall and mountain snowfall inland." After the rain picks ...

A National Weather Service map shows the impacts from an atmospheric river extending into the interior U.S. The storm hit the West Coast on Christmas. A National Weather Service map shows the ...

An atmospheric river bearing down on the Pacific Northwest is expected to drop several feet of snow at higher elevations by early next week. Santiam Pass received 13 inches of snow from late ...

Completed in 1954 to impound the Kings River about 25 miles east of Fresno, Pine Flat Dam stands 440 feet tall. The study ...

An atmospheric river is a long plume of moisture that is transported by tropical winds, often thousands of miles long. They are responsible for roughly half of the yearly rainfall in the West and ...

A crew of thieves smashed through the front of a sneaker store in an attempt to steal thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- At least five thieves are on the loose ...