Lake County crews tested portable hydrants that pump water straight from Clear Lake, as rural water systems remain outside proposed state wildfire requirements.

A driver died when their car caught fire near Petaluma; a pedestrian was struck crossing Highway 116 south of Sebastopol.

A suspect appearing to be 25 to 35 years old was last seen walking near Odell Lane.

Rescuers cabled a man off a wave-battered rock near Rocky Point while two nearby fishermen stayed put.

A body was found in a ditch near Guerneville and Frei roads, with broken glasses and headphones scattered in the street.

A 66-year-old Kings Valley resident now sleeps in a recliner as bedbugs keep returning despite months of treatment.

CHP Golden Gate Division Air Operations' H-30 is an Airbus H125 equipped with medical gear and a rescue hoist.

A 37-year-old woman says a district-parked tutoring van hid abuse for years — and school officials knew.

A daughter's 911 call reported her father had stabbed her mother on a rural road near Ukiah. Deputies confirmed a woman dead at the scene.

A wave knocked the man into the ocean near Fort Ross before he pulled himself onto the rocks, injured and stranded below steep cliffs.

Police say the woman was found with a lighter near the flames, which threatened to spread into nearby open space.

Ajanay Durant vanished near Daryl Avenue and Center Road at night; the search continues.

Crews stopped the Chileno Valley blaze's forward push after it spread near Tomales Road.