Cal Fire public information officer Robert Foxworthy said that the storm will definitely help lower the chance of fires in the Bay Area, but emphasized that there’s no way to guarantee an end to wildfire risk in other California regions, since the storm will not hit much of the state.

A weather system brought lightning to parts of the Bay Area and Central Coast late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, with a lightning strike sparking a house fire in the East Bay. According to the Contra Costa Fire Protection District ...

Gas prices in California are expected to rise after a Chevron refinery caught fire last week in Southern California.