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Interstate 80 between Reno and San Francisco reopened to passenger traffic Monday following mountain snowfalls and heavy rain from the atmospheric river storm over the weekend.

Meteorologist Kari Hall has an update on the historic storm and the chance of thunderstorms in the Microclimate Forecast.

Staying hydrated does things like improving sleep quality and cognition. Here’s what leading hydration experts say about staying hydrated during heatwaves.

Hannah Teasley worked as a nurse in COVID-19 intensive care units in Nevada, California and North Carolina this year. Here’s what she wishes more people knew.

Napa County Superior Court judge sentenced a 20-year-old man in October to 10 years in state prison for sexual exploitation of two 17-year-old high school girls, county prosecutors said Thursday.

Democratic presidential hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden will be fundraising in the Bay Area on Thursday.

A Walnut Creek Man employed as the chief risk officer for an East Bay construction firm was found guilty Friday of four felonies in connection with an embezzlement scheme, according to prosecutors.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is recommending attendance be capped at existing levels for the next 10 years at the annual Burning Man counter-culture festival in the desert 100 miles north of Reno.

Anyone for steak and onion Kolsch? Or a macaroni and cheese pale ale? Those were among the flavors at the Strange Brew Festival in Reno, Nevada, this month, where competition for attention has intensified as craft beers have boomed. Brewers have always experimented, from the medieval Belgians who stirred sour cherries into their beer to newer varieties like the white...

Thinking of leaving the Bay Area? You’re not alone. A local website created by an East Bay realtor to sell your home and help you move out of the Bay is getting flooded with requests.

Artifacts recovered from an 1872 time capsule stashed in the cornerstone of a demolished Masonic lodge in Reno include silver dollars minted in Carson City and San Francisco, and a piece of wood from Sutter’s Mill where the discovery of gold sparked the California Gold Rush.

A local assistance center will open Sunday in Guerneville to provide services to Sonoma County residents affected by recent storms and flooding. Government agencies and nonprofits will be represented at the center, and all county residents can access services regardless of immigration status, according to a Sonoma County spokeswoman.

Authorities in Northern California have reopened the roads into two towns cut off for days by a rain-swollen river and residents and work crews have started cleaning up the muck that flooding left behind.

Floodwaters that turned two Northern California wine country communities into islands reachable only by boat began receding Thursday as a rain-engorged river finally peaked after swamping thousands of homes and businesses.

Two Amtrak trains together carrying nearly 300 passengers stopped and reversed directions because of an avalanche that closed railroad tracks in the Sierra Nevada in northern California. More than 4 feet of snow has fallen over the past two days and winds have been gusting in excess of 100 mph.

Another big winter storm is headed for the Sierra Nevada with up to 8 feet of snow possible in the upper elevations around Lake Tahoe.

A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking in the Bay Area, Contra Costa County prosecutors said Friday.

Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for the Winter Olympics — most likely for 2030 — in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter team’s ascendance into an international powerhouse. The U.S. Olympic Committee said Friday it was selecting Utah’s capital, which...

A Nevada brothel owner and reality TV star who died last month after fashioning himself as a Donald Trump-style Republican candidate has won a heavily GOP state legislative district. Dennis Hof defeated Democratic educator Lesia Romanov on Tuesday in the race for Nevada’s 36th Assembly District, which includes rural communities and large stretches of desert in the southern part of...

A 69-year-old career criminal thought to be the “Gypsy Hill Killer” was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for raping and killing two teenage girls more than 42 years ago.