The "Camp Fire" in northern California's Butte County jumped fire lines overnight and 1,000 residents near Paradise have been forced out of their homes.
Should California give local educators more control over how to spend state education dollars? And should a teacher's pay be based on how much their students learn?
After a two-week break, the Fix I-5 project resumes Tuesday night. That means more lane closures. And Caltrans officials say the hot weather will impact their work schedule.
Auzi Clark was born in Missouri and had sixteen brothers and sisters. As the 79-year-old West Sacramento resident tells his own adopted son David, his greatest influence growing up was the grandmother who took him in and raised him.
Another day of triple-digit temperatures prompted The Salvation Army to hand out bottles of ice water to homeless people in Downtown Sacramento Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of pasture and rangeland have burned in the California wildfires. And experts say it’ll take several years before it’s restored.
Smoke is blanketing the valley again as Northern California wildfires continue to burn. Officials say smoke and increasing ozone levels have made the region's air very unhealthy.
Summer’s here – and that frequently means kids running through sprinklers in the middle of sweltering afternoons. Or it would, except local water officials say you shouldn’t water during afternoons at all. KXJZ has some more conservation tips.
With the tough economy and wildfires raging throughout the state, some of the small, local charities that sell fireworks to raise money say they’re struggling.
Adults aren’t the only ones feeling the stress of rising home foreclosures, high gas prices and a weak economy. Local school officials say kids are feeling it too.
It’s not a surprise that the fiscal year is here with no state budget. But there’s an added urgency to the debate this year with a potential cash crunch on the horizon.
To help balance the budget state lawmakers approved a 10 percent payment cut for doctors treating Medi-Cal patients. Tuesday the change went into effect and doctors are seeing the impact.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is ordering California National Guard troops to help fight the hundreds of fires in the Northern part of the state. The Governor’s office says it’s the first time in three decades the Guard’s been called in like this
The Monday morning commute wasn’t too bad in the face of the I-5 closure in downtown Sacramento. But drivers are being encouraged to keep up their strategies.
Monday, June 2nd is the first real test of how local commuters will deal with the cut off of Interstate 5. So why is Caltrans blocking one of the main arteries through Downtown Sacramento anyway?
Getting to Sacramento International Airport may take you longer. That’s because a major route into the airport will be closed starting Friday night for the much-anticipated “Fix I-5” construction project.
The $27 million Fix I-5 construction project begins Friday. Starting at 8 PM, work crews will shut down all northbound lanes of Interstate Five through Downtown Sacramento.
Sacramento County parks officials say they want to help commuters deal with the Fix I-5 construction project. So they’re offering free parking at any county park along the American River Parkway. But you have to sign up first.
