A new wildfire was reported today at 9:01 a.m. in Butte County, California. Verjeles Fire has been burning on private land.

Billy See, incident commander for Cal Fire, said the fire is advancing at 4,000 to 5,000 acres per hour but with winds forecast to die down overnight and higher humidity moving into the area, See ...

BUTTE COUNTY — A flash flood warning will be in effect this weekend for the Park Fire burn scar area as wet weather is expected to roll through Northern California. The National Weather Service (NWS) ...

Butte County Public Health is offering free flu vaccine clinics this month to help protect residents from influenza. With flu ...

As reported by Cal Fire, the Park Fire currently stands at 14% contained, encompassing an area of 383,619 acres as of 7:59 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30. It's now the largest fire in the nation and one of ...

Richard Ramos is a web producer for CBS Sacramento who was born and raised in Sacramento. He graduated with a BA in Journalism from CSUS. Cal Fire reported that containment remained at 18 percent as ...

The West is sizzling under a major, prolonged heatwave through July 4 and beyond that’s bringing triple-digit temperatures and fueling wildfire risk as thousands have had to flee their homes from an ...

BUTTE, Mont. — A California man was sentenced Tuesday for distributing fentanyl and meth in the Butte and Helena areas. Anthony Wayne Johnson, II, 47, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, followed by ...

OROVILLE — A local olive and citrus fruit grower and the Butte County Farm Bureau received high honors at the 106th Annual California Farm Bureau meeting held in Monterey Dec. 7 through 10.

Northern California U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a longtime fixture of conservative politics in the North State, died early ...

BUTTE - Police are on the lookout for the driver of a blue van who is accused of kidnapping a woman in California. Butte-Silver Bow Undersheriff George Skuletich says the report came in around 10 PM ...