Southbound I-680 between Alcosta Boulevard in San Ramon and the I-580/I-680 connector in Pleasanton will be closed from 9 p.m ...

In a significant development in the long-running battle over whether Silicon Valley tech billionaire Vinod Khosla can limit ...

About 25 miles north of the town of Jenner lies Salt Point State Park, providing easy access to the water and a beautiful ...

Kwong, Orange County's health officer, on Friday reissued an emergency declarationn for the Airport fire that began Sept. 9 ...

Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian recently opened up its first “Charging Outpost” outside Yosemite National Park. The move ...

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The crash occurred when an Orange County Fire Authority truck swerved to miss a ladder in the road, causing it to flip, ...

General Motors is recalling more than 449,000 of its SUVs and pickup trucks because the electronic brake control module ...

Malibu and Caltrans and other agencies are being sued by the families of four Pepperdine students killed by a speeding driver ...

Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy said six of the injured firefighters were transported to local trauma ...

An Orange County Fire Authority vehicle flipped over on the 241 Freeway. Helicopters had to land on the freeway to airlift ...