Lynnette Bellin fought off an otter with her bare hands near Incline Village, then walked bleeding to get help.

More than 60 people at Windmill Cove face displacement after the state says their long-term stays on the San Joaquin River were never legal.

Republic Services crews dumped the smoking load near Gardenvine Avenue after a discarded Tesla wall battery ignited inside the truck's compactor.

David Gallegos ran a private coaching clinic across Sacramento-area schools while abusing two girls for years, jurors found.

A first-floor blaze on Oakdale Road spread into walls and the attic, cutting power to 16 units and causing roughly $1 million in damage.

Joseph Sais says he fled toward bar security after four men chased and punched him near 20th and L streets.

CHP says the driver made a U-turn on the freeway, thinking he was on a two-way road, before the fatal head-on hit.

A new wildfire broke out on private land in El Dorado County early Sunday, with no containment figures released yet.

Passersby spotted smoke and pulled residents from a burning Cresleigh Highlands home before firefighters battled flames on both floors.

Rob Martin fought leg cramps and fear through an 8-hour night on Laurel Mountain before Mono County rescuers reached him by rope.

Ryan Marietti, a 2023 Ponderosa High grad, served at both county jails before Friday's fatal crash off a notorious mountain stretch of Highway 50.

The two-acre blaze ignited near Steiner Flat Road, prompting warnings for three Trinity County zones along the Trinity River.

Sgt. John Alvies, who lost his own home in the 2018 Camp Fire, faces multiple surgeries after a suspected drunk driver hit his patrol car.