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The fourth wave of COVID-19 sweeping across many parts of California is taking an emotional and physical toll on nurses and doctors in the hardest-hit regions.

Recent snowfall in the Sierras is good news for the snowpack that supplies about a third of California's water needs. But experts say it's barely made a dent in the long-term drought the state has been suffering through.

Shasta County is among the rural Northern California counties that have sought changes to state coronavirus mandates to accommodate local circumstances.

Early results looked unusually strong for two Democratic challengers running in deeply conservative and rural parts of northern California. But as more ballots get counted, the gap is widening.

This year, the so-called State of ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ has turned some of its attention to candidates in local elections, in hopes of getting more like-minded people in office to advance their secession from the country’s most populous state.

Republican Party maintains a strong base in Northern and Eastern parts of California, where the president won a majority of votes in 2016. More voters are registered Republican than Democrat in many of these districts.

Audrey Denny is one of five women, all Democrats, running for national and state seats in hopes of flipping political representation in some of California’s most profoundly conservative areas.