Scorching heat and medical calls cuts UC Davis graduation short

UC Davis’ commencement ceremony was cut midway through after the campus received 36 calls from people requesting medical aid. The weather service predicted highs up to 115 degrees in the lower deserts for Saturday.

Heat wave: Bay Area temps could top 100 degrees

It's going to be a scorcher in some areas of the Bay Area on Friday with temperatures reaching 100 degrees or more in some inland areas. 

Lightning kills cow ‘on the spot,’ prompting warning from farmer

“We are always saddened at a loss like this, but realize that events like this happen in nature,“ an Alabama farmer said.

Hailstorm sweeps across North Bay

Some parts of the North Bay on Tuesday saw hail as part of a weather system that also brought rain, wind and isolated thunderstorms.

Crazy May weather: Spring storm catches Tahoe visitors off guard

Spring has sprung in much of California, but winter is hanging on in parts of the Sierra Nevada, where snow fell Sunday and forecasters warned of hazardous travel conditions.

California prepares for energy shortfalls in hot, dry summer

California likely will have an energy shortfall equivalent to what it takes to power about 1.3 million homes when use is at its peak during the hot and dry summer months, state officials said Friday.

April showers won't bring an end to local water restrictions

While April's rain showers certainly helped bring up Bay Area rainfall totals, they won't be enough to stave off the state's third year of drought, and that means round of strict city-level restrictions.

Tornado warning issued for parts of Northern California

The National Weather Service on Thursday issued a tornado warning for parts of Northern California.

Winds knock out power to thousands around Bay Area

Strong winds were blamed for power outages affecting more than 9,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area and an additional 14,000 across California on Monday.

Bay Area seeing hot spring temps, dangerous sneaker waves

The higher temperatures bring a serious warning with it: The message for those wanting to cool off is to stay out of the water at some beaches, especially Ocean Beach in San Francisco.

California faces big weather warm-up, possible record highs

California’s weather roller coaster was headed up Wednesday, with forecasts for widespread summerlike heat.

California drought deepens as wet season is anything but

California is experiencing one of the driest starts to spring in decades, data showed Friday, and absent a heavy dose of April and May showers the state’s drought will deepen and that could lead to stricter rules on water use and another devastating wildfire season.