The KCRA 3 weather team is issuing Impact Days from Friday through Tuesday because of how back-to-back storm systems will bring waves of rain and snow that can affect outdoor activities and travel.

An atmospheric river is forecast to bring steady rain to Northern California from Friday through next Thursday, with Santa Cruz County expecting as much as 8 inches at its highest elevations.

Deadly wildfires around Los Angeles in January reduced thousands of acres to ash but a picture of a burnt cat that spread online is unrelated to the recent inferno. It dates to a wildfire that scorched parts of northern California in November 2018.

On Thursday at 9:17 p.m. the NWS San Francisco CA issued a flood watch valid from Friday noon until Sunday 10 p.m. The watch is for Marin Coastal Range, Sonoma Coastal Range, North Bay Interior Mountains,

Two popular California music festivals, Northern Nights and Dirtybird Campout, are combining into a hybrid event in 2025.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The weather forecast for the Sacramento region as well as the rest of Northern California will have rain and snow with some stronger winds Saturday. The weather from Friday to Sunday will be wet during a weekend which often has high impacts for activities. The rainy pattern looks to continue next week, too.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday issued a temporary injunction blocking a California law requiring social media platforms to provide a chronological feed – in lieu of an algorithmic feed – to minor users and limiting notifications to those users during school hours and overnight.

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a per curiam ruling in Huang v. Amazon.com, Inc. affirming the Northern District of California’s dismissal of patent infringement claims broadly seeking damages for the smartphone industry’s use of semiconductor technologies.

A dazzling aerial phenomenon that captured the attention of many people across Northern California on Friday morning may be connected to a rocket launch from a Space Force base. At around 6 a.m., a ball of multi-colored light with a massive tail flared over the Northern California sky.

A nearly four week stretch of dry winter weather in Northern California will come to an end this Friday. Several storm systems will tap into moisture from atmospheric rivers and bring rain and snow chances to parts of the region through at least early next week.

Virginia Beach police confirmed Monday that investigators found the body of a missing 12-year-old boy from a pond near the area he was last seen.

President Trump directed U.S. government agencies to override California’s water policies as needed — slamming the state’s handling of the Los Angeles region’s wildfires in an