Swaths of California were bracing for another bout of heavy weather as a fresh series of storms swirled toward the state.

Residential weight loss program begins a new semester on East and West Coasts

Over the past 85 years, humans have helped shape California climate during certain seasons.

But that’s not necessarily good.

While flooding in California's Central Valley is "the next big disaster waiting to happen," water-related infrastructure issues confront almost every community across the country, according to engineers at the University of Maryland's Clark School of Engineering in separate reports to California officials and in the journal Science.

Mortgage lenders including Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Bank, Countrywide Financial Corp., and five other have pledged $4.6 million to hire mortgage counselors to help homeowners facing foreclosure in the state. The San Francisco Foundation and the California Community Foundation have also made pledges towards the fund.

U.S. Forest Service and U.C. Santa Barbara scientists believe they have identified the habitat needs for Pacific fishers, a rare California mammal that is a candidate for reintroduction efforts and listing under the Endangered Species Act.

California is being hit be a series of storms and it’s being called the worst weather the California has had in years. The storm in California may bring hurricane like winds, mudslides and possible snow. San Francisco Bay Area weather is expected to get nasty today with coastal flooding and high winds.

It is nice to see that more and more people are agreeing with me that the housing bubble in Southern California is bursting and that home prices will fall until they catch up with incomes.

Dataquick came out with a new report on the California housing market for November 2007 and, as expected, the news are awful.

Love it or hate it, strong reactions are the norm, never placid indifference. Rainbow Colors: The Woodblock Prints of Paul Jacoulet will present some 20 works by the French-born artist who occupies an intriguing niche in the history of the Japanese woodblock print. The exhibition will remain on view through March 30, 2008 and offer a sampling of Jacoulet's culturally hybridized, multi-national, trans-gender vision.

Home values nationwide declined for the fourth consecutive quarter, down 5.7 percent year-over-year — the largest year-over-year decline in more than a decade, according to Zillow’s Q3 2007 Home Value Report released last week.

A boy who accidentally started one of the devastating wildfires that ravaged California last month after playing with matches will not be prosecuted, officials have said.