The Ranch fire was reported just after 2:30 p.m. near Bowen Ranch Road and Coxey Truck Trail, according to Cal Fire.

Ranch is California’s second-largest wildfire since January, when fires burned about 50,000 acres in Los Angeles County.

Reporters and photographers from the USA TODAY NETWORK-California will cover the "No Kings Day" protests throughout the state all day on June 14.

It has been nine years since 15-year-old Pearl Pinson vanished on her way to school in Vallejo. For her father, James Pinson, the pain remains as fresh as the morning his daughter never came home.

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s career technical education program is set to receive a major lift — an airlift, ...

Southern California Edison is ready with power outage maps if high winds materialize. Some areas are already without power.

For a while, it looked like transportation officials were tantalizingly close to a dream that Bay Area commuters have held for decades: For BART to burrow beneath Silicon Valley and send trains ...

Welcome to Ferndale, California – the antidote to your modern stress disorder and possibly the most relaxing small town ...

The glassware section alone is a museum of American drinking habits, from novelty shot glasses proclaiming “What Happens in Vegas” to elegant crystal that somehow found its way here after Grandma’s ...

Central California has long been seen as a place where housing is more affordable than in other parts of the state.

The number of cases of valley fever in California are trending toward setting a new record Health experts say climate change could result in prolonged dry seasons that can lead to an increase in ...