A 2023 study of California wildfires conducted by U.S. Forest Service researchers found that “new fire regimes are increasingly affecting more urban census tracts statewide, meaning greater ...

While such breakdowns were once a rare occurrence in Alexandria, these events have surged from approximately one to about 40 per year over the past decades, according to the study, published on ...

The Florez family’s experience exemplifies the findings of a new study that looks at an increasingly important metric in higher education: economic mobility. The California Mobility Index ...

It may even put you at risk for cognitive impairment. A new study, led by UC San Francisco researchers, found that older, healthy volunteers, with lower concentrations of B12, but still in the normal ...

For instance, a La Niña climate pattern was observed back in 2023, when California experienced a drought-breaking torrent of rainfall. A new study published in the journal, Climate Dynamics ...

Crews began clearing roads across Southern California on Friday after an atmospheric river brought heavy rain that triggered rounds of evacuations and closures as it unleashed damaging mudslides ...

The strongest storm to impact parts of California in over a year has arrived and was drenching hundreds of miles of the state Thursday. Coastal areas and valleys in Southern California ...

In their study, Govorcin and his colleagues instead used satellites to track how thousands of miles of land along the California coast had risen and fallen between 2015 and 2023. Combining radar ...

This is a natural interaction between two native species, Gerraty explains. And while California coyotes might have hunted harbor-seal pups for centuries, this study is the first to empirically ...

More than 200,000 Danish nationals have signed a satirical online petition to buy California from the United States and renamed the state “New Denmark”. The jab comes after US President Donald ...

Manufacturers have been quietly abandoning the use of toxic ingredients in their products, in response to California’s strict chemical disclosure rules, a new study has found. By promoting ...

Editor's note: This page reflects news from Wednesday, Feb. 12. For the latest updates on the atmospheric river in California, read USA TODAY's coverage for Thursday, Feb. 13. SAN DIEGO ...