A new wildfire was reported today at 1:49 p.m. in Merced County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land.

October in California is typically known as a dangerous moment in peak fire season, the month when the state has seen some of ...

Three people are in custody Thursday morning after a Merced County home invasion led to a shootout with deputies, officials ...

Scientists say that the fires ravaging the western United States are burning differently these days. Documenting the ...

Unions representing federal employees in California say that the federal housing department illegally fired workers during the government shutdown.

Among the newest laws in California are efforts to limit planet-warming pollution, accelerate clean energy projects and ...

But our combined McClatchy Editorial boards representing publications in Sacramento, Modesto, Fresno and San Luis Obispo do ...

Los Angeles County officials have voted to declare a state of emergency in response to the Trump administration’s sweeping ...

Protesters turned out at roughly 2,700 rallies around the country to celebrate free speech and protest many of the Trump ...

Two home invasion suspects were shot by deputies early Thursday morning in Merced County. Deputies responded to a home in the ...

Prescribed fire operations are planned for the following sites on the Groveland Ranger District: Cherry North Understory Burn, near Wolfin Meadow off FSRD 2N14 and FSRD 2N59 North Merced Understory ...

Trump Administration officials have defended the arrests, which they say are sweeping up “dangerous criminals” who are a ...