West Coast

An undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean has triggered tsunami warnings on the West Coast and in Alaska. Here’s what to watch for and how to stay safe.

Though California has not granted a lease to a new offshore oil and gas rig in 5 decades, drilling on previously established wells still happens off the coast. But after the Huntington Beach oil spill, activists and politicians are renewing calls to shut down offshore drilling entirely . Lauren Kubiak from the Natural Resources Defense Council explains.

A community on the shore of Lake Tahoe issued an emergency declaration and a tourism group discouraged visitors from coming amid smoky skies from a major wildfire nearby

If you’ve visited your local In-N-Out Burger in the past few months, chances are that you may have ran into Sam Vonderheide and his two children, a central California family who are on an expedition to visit every location of the beloved burger joint in just a year.

Two unusual weather phenomena combined to create some of the most destructive wildfires the West Coast states have seen in modern times.

Yuengling, about two hours northwest of Philadelphia, announced a joint venture with Molson Coors on Tuesday to break out beyond its traditional 22-state distribution area in the East.

California rock climber Brad Gobright reportedly reached the top of a highly challenging rock face in northern Mexico and was rappelling down with a companion when he fell to his death. Climber Aidan Jacobson of Phoenix, Arizona, told Outside magazine he was with Gobright, and said they had just performed an ascent of the Sendero Luminoso route in the El...

The Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island 50 years ago will be commemorated on Monday at a canoe journey around the famous island.

Wild pigs are costing an East Bay city thousands of dollars in damages after tearing through soccer fields and neighborhood yards.

Contra Costa County is now home to the only middle school on the west coast aimed at educating and supporting refugees.

At the edge of an ancient lava flow where jagged black rocks meet the Pacific, small off-the-grid homes overlook the calm blue waters of Papa Bay on Hawaii’s Big Island — no tourists or hotels in sight. Here, one of the islands’ most abundant and vibrant coral reefs thrives just below the surface. Yet even this remote shoreline far from...

The streets in downtown Los Altos will be closed Sunday for the annual Corvette Spectacular Car Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Main Street.

The largest book sale on the West Coast gets underway Wednesday at Fort Mason in San Francisco, according to the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Jimmy Garoppolo tied his career high with three touchdown passes Sunday, and the San Francisco 49ers completed a sweet and satisfying week in the Buckeye State with a 41-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals that left them unbeaten for the long flight home.

Miko Branch, founder of Miss Jessie’s, empowers women to embrace their natural curls with her hair products.

The U.S. women’s national soccer team celebrated its Women’s World Cup victory on both coasts Wednesday, honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City before jetting to the West Coast and collecting trophies at The ESPYS in the evening. Alex Morgan won female athlete of the year and shared the best team award with her soccer mates. “Sorry, but...

A new study released Tuesday details the health impacts on firefighters who battled one of California’s most destructive wildfires.

Flipper, the veteran punk rock band and Beast-Of-The-Bay, returns to San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, with three shows for their 40th anniversary tour, this time with legendary noise rock front-man, David Yow (Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid, Toxic Shock) at the helm.