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A major spring snowstorm briefly closed a key Northern California interstate and extended the ski season at Mammoth Mountain. More than 3.5 feet of snow fell in the eastern Sierra Nevada over the weekend.

The cultural district designation comes just off the heels of major business growth and beautification efforts in the last few years that local leaders say have made the downtown more appealing to residents and visitors.

Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. That mismatch is killing some of the planet’s most vital ecosystems, from California’s towering redwoods to the seagrass meadows along its coast.

Suliana Caldwell, a former manager at the Fresno Arts Council who was in charge of the nonprofit’s books, siphoned $1.82 million from the organization over the span of at least three years and nine months through more than 300 unauthorized transfers.

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer sent text messages to members of the Fresno Unified Board of Trustees cautioning them from passing a resolution that would oppose the Southeast Development Area plan.

Environmentalists question how regulators will keep tabs on oil well incidents after Gov. Gavin Newsom amended state law to increase production following a three-year moratorium on new drilling permits.

A new form of “green burial” is gaining attention, but its use along the river raises questions about transparency, ethics and public land use in Fresno County.

Federal immigration officers have shot and wounded a suspected gang member in central California while trying to arrest him. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the incident happened Tuesday in Stanislaus County.

Campus officials hope Merced’s designation as a top research university and its strong academic programs, including a new pre-med program, will attract more students.

The Fresno City Council is entering the chat on corporate landlords’ contributions to spiraling housing prices in the state’s last bastion of affordability.