California

As the Golden State faces a triple threat of respiratory risks — destructive wildfires, toxic air quality and a deadly pandemic — there is a faint glimmer of hope. Over the last seven days, just 3.5% of COVID-19 tests in California came back positive, the lowest rate since the state began reporting the data in…

Firefighters were facing unpredictable wind gusts and drier weather on Monday, conditions that threaten to give new strength to raging wildfires.Right NowPresident Trump will visit McClellan Park, Calif., today to receive a briefing on the wildfires.Videotranscripttranscript‘It’s the Worst Thing I’ve Ever Seen,’ Oregon Resident SaysWildfires continued to burn over the weekend, leaving dire conditions for…

San Francisco, and much of California, has never been like this.California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state, with many who live in sophisticated cities, idyllic oceanfront towns and windblown mountain communities thinking hard about the viability of a place many have called home forever. For the first time in a decade, more…

Michael James, USA TODAY Published 11:39 p.m. ET Sept. 11, 2020 | Updated 12:26 a.m. ET Sept. 12, 2020CLOSE Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday toured the area surrounding Lake Oroville in Northern California on Friday, which has hit hard by wildfires over the past several days. (Sept. 11) AP DomesticCalifornia's governor passed a bill Friday…

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is blaming climate change for deadly wildfires to distract from the fact that his party's policies created the conditions for such blazes in the first places, Republican Assemblyman James Gallagher told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Friday."The Democrats who control this state, have been in charge of the legislature, and hold every statewide office have failed…