Big day in the tropics: Tropical storms Wilfred, Alpha, and Beta form just hours apart
Tropical Storm Wilfred formed in the eastern Atlantic this morning, the latest storm in a record-breaking 2020 hurricane season that has now exhausted the list of hurricane names. It was soon followed by Alpha and Beta, the first uses of a Greek letter for a storm since 2005.
Enjoy the break, wildfire smoke returns to parts of the Bay Area this weekend
Smoke from wildfires burning across California will hover over the North Bay, Eastern Contra Costa County, and the Livermore Valley, officials said.
Rescuers reach people cut off by Hurricane Sally, hundreds of thousands still without power
Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and Alabama on Thursday. Georgia and the Carolinas were also warned of flooding.
Lightning storm, easterly wind: How the wildfires got so bad
The National Weather Service warned that the dry lightning striking a parched landscape “could lead to new wildfire.”
'Huge rainmaker': Hurricane Sally threatens Gulf Coast with historic floods
Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, a pace that's enabling the storm to gather huge amounts of water to eventually dump on land.
5 tropical cyclones brew in Atlantic at the same time, only 2nd time on record
Hurricane Paulette has made a rare landfall in Bermuda as a strong Category 1 storm just hours after the wealthy British territory shuttered schools, government agencies and air and sea ports.
Spare the Air Alert extended through Monday for the Bay Area
The alert through Monday will mark the 28th consecutive Spare the Air Alert called as fires continue to burn throughout California and other states, creating unhealthy air.
Gov. Newsom signs bill to allow ex-inmates to become firefighters
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will allow former inmate firefighters to expunge their records and become professional firefighters.
Air quality in Bay Area is awful and will persist through next week
Cities including Fairfield, San Rafael, San Francisco and Oakland were awash in purple, the color the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has chosen for "unhealthy air." All the cities had Air Quality Indexes of 200 or more.
Another strange weather day in California? Meteorologists say yes
The National Weather Service said that "Unfortunately, we're not seeing anything that will significantly change our current situation."
Smoke from wildfires creates eerie baseball scene in California
A number of Northern California wildfires sent a thick, sometimes orange-glowing haze over the area Wednesday that left the Bay Area in an eerie darkness all day. The sun was blocked by the smoke.
Businesses struggling to survive dealt another blow with smoke-choked skies
For many business owners, though, it's not the smoke that stings.
Dramatic photos: California residents wake up to raining ash and smoke-filled skies
Others around the Bay Area also documented hazy horizons, red suns and gray skies -- all the result of the raging wildfires burning around California, which as of this week had scorched a record-setting 2.3 million acres of earth
California's major fire complexes, CZU, SCU and LNU, nearly contained
Together, the three fire complexes burned more than 850,000 acres of land. That is about half of the state's total: More than 2 million acres have burned in wildfires this year so far - a new record for California.
PG&E to shut off power in Napa, Sonoma counties amid heat wave, high fire danger
Pacific Gas and Electric said it will turn off power to customers in three phases, the first of which begins on Monday night around 9 p.m.
Bay Area Spare the Air alert extended through Wednesday
A record-breaking streak of Spare the Air alerts for the region is in its fourth week, with Tuesday and Wednesday the 22nd and 23rd consecutive days.
San Francisco sets record with high of 100 degrees; more excessive heat for Labor Day
The exceptionally hot temperatures were driving the highest power use of the year, and transmission losses because of the wildfires have cut into supplies.
Record-breaking temperatures hit the Bay Area
Elissa Harrington reports.
Cooling centers opening in Marin County with triple-digit heat expected Sunday, Monday
The cooling centers will be open from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Gilroy library opens as cooling center for weekend heatwave
The Gilroy Library, located at 350 West Sixth St., will be open from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday to Monday.