A new California bill may decide the future of mining on the San Joaquin River regardless of how Fresno County supervisors ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude reading of 3.0 was felt in the Bay Area. The epicenter was Dublin, in the East Bay ...

Barbara Lee has served her district well in Congress, but now is a time when Oakland desperately needs new, young and informed leadership based on the pressing realities that face our city.

El Argar used regional pottery networks to enforce political and economic dominance over its neighbors, revealing early state ...

Experts say that the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on Friday was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades, with ...

See where your home falls in California's new fire hazard zones, the first update to the state's maps in 14 years.

As California officially observes Tsunami Preparedness Week this week, one of the most vulnerable communities in the state is ...

Were heavy rains enough to pull California out of drought? Here's which areas are still dry and which are drought-free for ...

A fresh splash of crimson juts east of Chico like a fresh wound. With the release of its fourth and final round of ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

There’s more to the California wildflower blooms than meets the human eye, experts say. NASA’s Caltech Jet Propulsion ...

For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...