Firefighters donned breathing gear as toxic smoke drifted over the Parkway industrial area near 47th Avenue Tuesday night.

A rear-end crash at Carriage Drive shut down Auburn Boulevard for hours as police found the driver unresponsive.

A 42-year-old man is recovering at Barton Memorial Hospital after bystanders rushed to help him outside the Lake Tahoe Boulevard store.

Scotty Goss was riding to a 7-Eleven on Alamo Drive when he was struck and dragged before dawn. His family says he now faces surgery and a long recovery.

A judge called Walter Merritt a severe danger to society before ordering him held on $300,000 bail in Stockton.

A field fire off Yuba River Drive exploded overnight, pushing evacuees toward a shelter at Grass Valley's First Baptist Church.

Akili Lewis, 46, died after a knife attack near a Marysville homeless camp; a suspect allegedly shouted racial slurs.

One victim was flown out with critical injuries after a pre-dawn crash on SR 341 near King Lane. Impairment is suspected as a factor.

Nine people were arrested across six properties as deputies seized nearly 1,800 pounds of processed cannabis and found meth and LSD at Nevada City sites.

State human cases have doubled compared to this time last year, with two California deaths already confirmed.

Fire crews rushed to the 5000 block of Sky Parkway as flames spread between two homes during a stretch of triple-digit heat.

James McBurney was located safe roughly seven and a half hours after vanishing near Secret Ravine, police say. He needs regular medication.

A warrant-service call on La Fresa Court turned into a rooftop standoff, blocking firefighters from an active apartment blaze.