The Berkeley Fire Department said a Monday morning house fire that claimed the lives of one person and a pet has been ruled as accidental. It is not yet known what sparked the ...

One bill that would have required oil companies to help pay for damages from climate-driven disasters failed and another that ...

A Bushfire Advice is in place for people in an area bounded by Safety Bay Road, Bell Street, The Esplanade, Parkin Street, William Street, Stokes Street, Seawind Drive, Read Street and Rae Road in ...

Three hours before a Martinez oil refinery erupted in flames, local air quality regulators began receiving complaints about ...

Martinez residents and community leaders voiced outrage Monday after a refinery sent smoke billowing into the air and generated dozens of complaints.

At least 29 people have died in the fires across the Los Angeles area. At least two of the people killed in the Southern ...

An East Bay community is still feeling the effects from a weekend fire at the Martinez Refining Company that emitted huge plumes of smoke and injured six refinery employees​.

Residents describe experiences of sore throats and other symptoms. The energy storage industry insists that this incident is ...

Crews at the Martinez Refining Company now have control of a fire that sent black smoke billowing into the sky Saturday. But ...

Refinery personnel managed to close valves and largely shut down the sources of the fire by 9:57 p.m., and firefighters ...

Refinery personnel managed to close valves and largely shut down the sources of the fire by 9:57 p.m., and firefighters ...

United Airlines flight 1382 to New York City was halted while still on the runway shortly after 8:30 a.m. at George Bush ...