Cities in California make up a significant proportion of the country's most polluted metropolitan areas when it comes to air ...

NYC’s not-too-shabby ranking on the 2025 “dirtiest” list comes as an upgrade to its former status as the “world’s second ...

Alameda County, Mendocino County, San Bernadino County, and San Mateo County are all featured in the top 10, at fifth, seventh, ninth, and 10th respectively. The largest cities in each respectively ...

Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

According to a new report by SmartAsset, several of the happiest cities in the nation are in California. The financial data ...

The number of acres in San Luis Obispo County in some kind of fire hazard zone increased 862% under the new state map.

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

The study took into account the amount of city area covered by parks, as well as the amount of money and volunteer work ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of Delaware.

When California became a state ... Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The creation of more than 400 incorporated cities in the 1900s also complicated local governance.