A handful of fires burning east of Humboldt continue to spread, although some containment efforts have made progress in the McFarland Fire and River Complex...

A girl from Paso Robles, California, was bit by a sea lion in Pismo Beach on Friday near the pier. The animal that attacked likely had domoic acid poisoning, and will be treated at the Marine Mammal Center.

Rare hoodwinker sunfish, never before seen in Northern Hemisphere, washes up at Coal Oil Point Reserve

Veterinarians in California use tilapia skin to treat burns on bears injured during wildfires.

In other parts of the West, evacuation orders were lifted in Colorado and Montana towns threatened by wildfires

The likely culprit is a toxic algal bloom, fueled by warmer ocean temperatures.

Southern California is enjoying a wildflower super bloom after years of extreme drought.

Southern California is enjoying a wildflower "super bloom" after years of extreme drought.