Genasys Inc., which oversees the alerts, said safeguards have been put in place in order to prevent the error from occurring in the future.

A report from the NWS Sacramento CA was issued on Tuesday at 3:42 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 4:30 p.m. The alert is for Northern San Joaquin Valley, Motherlode and West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada.

It was what politicians call a “beauty contest,” in which candidates are given opportunities to briefly strut their stuff without any deep oratory.

Witnesses observed a man forcibly taking the victim’s silver SUV, jumping into the driver’s seat and speeding away on the four-lane corridor with “the vehicle owner partially inside the rear

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday urged localities to "take back the streets" from homeless encampments, proposing language for every city and county to use in a local ban on camping in public.

Steve Hilton, one of the Republican candidates for California governor, said he wanted to scrap income tax for high earners.

The state is confronting what officials say is an unprecedented confluence of forces that will test its long record of enduring catastrophes, natural and otherwise.

In a season of contentious California wildlife proposals, the coyote is the latest predator to take the spotlight. A public meeting of the state’s Wildlife Resources Committee on Thursday, May 15, will solicit comments on proposed regulations concerning the killing of coyotes.