Northern California

After breaking an Olympic record in qualification, American sport shooter Sagen Maddalena of Groveland, California, won the silver medal in the women’s 50-meter rifle three positions event.

After breaking an Olympic record in qualification, American sport shooter Sagen Maddalena won the silver medal for the women’s 50-meter rifle three positions event.

The Park Fire had scorched more than 383,000 acres, an area greater than the city of Los Angeles, as of Tuesday morning, making it the fifth largest recorded in state history, according to Cal Fire.

A lucky lottery player in Northern California is holding a Superlotto Plus ticket worth $54 million after matching all six numbers in Saturday night’s draw, according to the California Lottery.

A historic gold-rush town in Northern California is at the center of a restitution fight led by Black families who say their ancestors’ land was taken. Gold was found in Coloma in 1848, a discovery that set off the California gold rush. White, Asian, and free and enslaved Black people settled in the town in the years that followed. Decades...

Thousands of people evacuated during a Northern California wildfire were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews continued battling flames amid scorching heat, officials said.

Thousands of people evacuated during a Northern California wildfire were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews continued battling flames amid scorching heat, officials said.

Bigfoot Daze rolls into its 62nd outing with a “Disco Daze” parade and an ice cream social.

A Northern California wildfire continued to burn out of control Wednesday morning, scorching more than 15,500 acres in Colusa County, according to Cal Fire.

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck in Lake County, which is located in Northern California on Saturday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. 

A preliminary 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck in Lake County, located in Northern California on Saturday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. 

A preliminary 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck Monday morning near Lake Almanor in Northern California, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Talk about a wondrous roseland: The Russian River Rose Company is the place to ramble among thousands of roses at their peak bloom.

Authorities in a Northern California city seized dozens of dogs and are searching for a suspect in an animal cruelty investigation that possibly involves dogfighting, according to the Turlock Police Department.

A lucky lottery player in Northern California hit the $15 million jackpot in Wednesday night’s Superlotto Plus draw, according to the California Lottery.

It wasn’t a jackpot ticket, but there was still a multimillion-dollar winner out of Northern California in Tuesday night’s big Mega Millions draw, according to the California Lottery.

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One person was killed and nearly a dozen other people were injured in a fiery crash caused by a 13-year-old boy driving a stolen car trying to evade police in Northern California, authorities said.

One person was killed and nearly a dozen other people were injured in a fiery crash caused by a 13-year-old boy driving a stolen car trying to evade police in Northern California, authorities said.