Hurricane center monitoring 4 areas for development, including 2 with 'high' chances

The peak of the hurricane season is just days away and forecasters on Sunday have their eyes on four potential areas for tropical development out in the Atlantic basin.

More than 200 airlifted to safety from California wildfire

The California Office of Emergency Services said Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters were used for the rescues that began late Saturday and continued overnight.

Magnitude 2.8 earthquake shakes Crockett overnight

The USGS said a magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck a little more than a mile south, southeast of Crockett in Contra Costa County at 12:17 a.m. Saturday.

Labor Day weekend impacted by oppressive heat and pandemic

Bay Area government leaders are urging people to use common sense to defend against the deadly coronavirus, and the oppressive heat.

Spare the Air alert extended through for Labor Day

The alerts, which ban the burning of wood or other solid fuel both indoors and outdoors, are the 20th and 21st consecutive alerts issued by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.