The early-season storm is only intensifying, with heavy rain, Sierra snow and severe weather threats expected. Here's the latest forecast.

While most of California is likely to see minimal rain and snow over the winter, the National Weather Service’s outlook indicates that Northern California — including Sacramento, Modesto and Merced — has “equal chances” of the season being wetter, drier or around average.

This popular city shines brightest in the fall when the fog lifts, crowds thin, and pumpkins are ready to be picked. Here's what to do for the perfect getaway.

Heavy rain is abating in Southern California, but evacuation warnings remain in effect for parts of Los Angeles, which are particularly vulnerable to mudslides, as a potent severe storm system charged across California on Tuesday with strong thunderstorms and bursts of record-setting rain.

IS IT RAINING NEAR YOU? Rain returned to the Bay Area today, with showers scattered in the North Bay and more rainfall expected across the wider Bay Area later in the day.

The upper-level low-pressure system that cooled the Bay Area and sparked showers Wednesday isn't done yet. Unlike most California weather systems that sweep through in a day or two, this one has been unusually persistent, lingering offshore before sliding ...

The weather service in Los Angeles called it "a strong system for any time of year, let alone October." Evacuation warnings were lifted later Tuesday.

Weather patterns channeling moisture into the state have led to an abundance of lightning strikes that have ignited hundreds of wildfires. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a San Francisco-based reporter on The Times’s weather team. Casey Hutchings, a fire ...