California

Three major wildfires are burning in the Pacific Palisades, Sylmar and Altadena amidst a powerful windstorm.

As Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans approaches we look ahead to the next several cities to play host to the NFL’s biggest game.

Santa Ana winds in Southern California are often-fierce winds that topple power lines and trees and can turn a spark into a raging wildfire. Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast and offshore. They typically occur during the fall months and continue through winter and into early...

Dangerously high winds forced President Joe Biden to cancel a trip Tuesday to the Eastern Coachella Valley, where he was to announce the creation of two new national monuments in California that will honor Native American tribes.

The Dungeness crab season kicked off on Sunday after various delays.

A new California law going into effect in 2025 says alcohol sales in streets, sidewalk, or public spaces are allowed within the local government’s “entertainment zones.”

A storied California tradition, the Tournament of Roses, and subsequently the Rose Bowl, have become a New Year’s Day staple.

California will start requiring property insurers to increase coverage in wildfire-prone areas after homeowners across the state increasingly struggle to find policies. The state’s new rule announced Monday requires insurers to start increasing their coverage by 5% every two years until they hit the equivalent of 85% of their market share. That means if an insurer writes 20 out of...

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, employees of companies in California will receive a raise if they earn the minimum wage.

Following his departure from the White House, Carter is celebrated for his work in public health and human rights via The Carter Center, which many people in California still hold closely. Macy Jenkins reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2024.

An extinct volcano is lying hidden in Carlsbad’s Calavera Nature Preserve in north San Diego County. (NBC 7 San Diego)

A family walking on the beach of Palos Verdes made a grisly discovery of a human leg that was seemingly dragged by the currents and washed up on the seashore.

A grisly discovery on the beach of Palos Verdes after police say a family on a Christmas morning walk found a human leg on the shoreline. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Dec. 26, 2024.

Between rain, wildfires, extreme whiplash between hot and cold weather and other dramatic weather changes, there are fewer good-quality roses being produced.

Every new year, more than 40 massive floats, parade through the streets of Pasadena, California, for the Tournament of Roses.

The float, named “Defying Gravity” in reference to the musical’s most sensational number, is 55-feet-long and features several of Oz’s most iconic details.

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Phoenix Decorating Company are putting together the “Defying Gravity” float, a 55-foot long, “Wicked”-inspired float that will take over the streets of Pasadena, California, for the 2025 Tournament of Roses.

The sea of of nearly 18 million roses that you see during the annual Rose Parade are not just any roses. In fact, roses are ordered specifically to decorate floats during the parade.

A new state law goes into effect Jan. 1, giving tenants more latitude to respond to an eviction summons.