• FOX40

    Student dies after falling from electrical pole in Northern California

    (FOX40.COM) -- A 19-year-old man died on Monday after falling from a pole while completing electrical training, according to the Oroville Police Department. Police said the man, a student of Northwest Lineman College, was using the pole for "educational purposes" when the pole fell and caused fatal injuries. On Monday, the Oroville Police Department said []

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    Brothers attacked by mountain lion in Northern California identified

    (FOX40.COM) — A family from El Dorado County has identified the two brothers who were attacked by a mountain lion over the weekend. In a statement from the family provided through the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, Taylen Brooks, 21, and Wyatt Brooks, 18, from the Mount Aukum community, were identified as the victims of []

  • Mountain lion kills man in Northern California attack

    A man was killed and his brother injured Saturday when a mountain lion attacked them as they combed a forested area for deer antlers, according to authorities. The attack in El Dorado County is believed to be the first fatal incident involving a mountain lion in California in 20 years. “At 1:13 p.m., the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call indicating that two people had been attacked by a mountain lion,” the department said in a news release. The man who was killed was 21. His...

  • Chief Flight Attendant Patrick returns to Soarin' Over California

    Fan favorite Patrick Warburton made a very special visit to Disney California Adventure's Soarin' Over California. These lucky fans got an incredible surprise: "It's just magical to see how beloved Soarin' Over California still is after all of these years," Patrick shared. — Read the rest

  • Geomagnetic storm severe enough to bring northern lights to California?

    A severe geomagnetic storm is impacting Earth and could produce powerful northern lights displays across portions of the United States on Sunday and Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The agency's Space Weather Prediction Center first issued a geomagnetic storm watch Saturday, warning that a coronal mass ejection — an explosion of plasma and magnetic material from the sun — was making its way toward Earth. On Sunday afternoon, the agency upgraded the storm's...

    • KEYT

    Wintry weather blankets New England, Northern California mountains

    By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — It may officially be spring, but wintry weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday with New England and California seeing a mix of rain, heavy snow and gusty winds. In the West, a winter storm warning was in effect through Sunday morning for parts of the Sierra Nevada,

    • SFGate

    Release date announced for Leonardo DiCaprio movie shot in Northern California

    The Leonardo DiCaprio movie seen filming from Sacramento all the way up to Humboldt County earlier this year continues to be shrouded in mystery, but a release date for the movie has finally been announced. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film with the working title “BC Project” was approaching a budget of $100 million in January, according to Variety, the highest of the filmmaker’s career. Though rumors are swirling that it could be a contemporary take on Thomas Pynchon’s Reagan-era novel...

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    Brothers tried to fight off mountain lion during fatal attack in Northern California

    Two brothers who were attacked, one fatally, by a mountain lion in Northern California over the weekend tried to scare the cougar away once they realized it was

    • Yahoo

    1 killed, 1 injured in mountain lion attack in Northern California

    A mountain lion attack left one person dead and another injured in a remote

  • 1 killed, 1 injured in mountain lion attack in Northern California

    A mountain lion attack left one person dead and another injured in a remote area of Northern California on Saturday, officials said. The 18-year-old and 21-year-old brothers were antler shed hunting in Georgetown, California, when the mountain lion attacked the pair, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. The younger brother called 911 at 1:13 pm to report being separated from his older brother during the attack, officials said. Deputies began searching the area, and at around...

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    Northern California law enforcement agency warns public of Venmo scam

    (FOX40.COM) — A Northern California law enforcement agency is alerting the public of a scam the involves transferring money through mobile payment service app Venmo. The Colusa County Sheriff's Office said the scam involves individuals calling residents claiming to be U.S. Marshals, detectives and other law enforcement officers.•Video Above: Northern California woman loses $15,000 in []

  • A mountain lion killed 1, injured 1 in Northern California. How common are these attacks?

    Saturday's mountain lion attack in El Dorado County is believed to be the