SACRAMENTO (AP) — A rural California county allowed nonessential businesses to reopen and diners to eat in restaurants on Friday, becoming the first to defy Gov. Gavin Newsom's statewide orders ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over several rivers and through even more woods, flags advocating secession from California flutter above hills dotted with cattle ...

A weather alert was issued by the NWS Medford OR on Saturday at 6:18 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 6:45 p.m. for Modoc ...

A skilled nursing facility in Modoc County has the majority of its residents infected with the coronavirus and some COVID-positive staff treating them. Warnerview Skilled Nursing in Alturas has had 28 ...

CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. ALTURAS — In the far northeastern reaches of California, where Oregon and Nevada meet, lies Modoc County, a place so ...

A Modoc County sheriff’s deputy was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence. The deputy, Erik Ryan VonRader, 37, of Alturas, has since been placed on administrative leave ...

ALTURAS, Modoc County -- A hiker from Oakland was found dead on a remote peak in Modoc County Sunday, according to the Modoc County Sheriff's Office. Ben Kiyoshi Namura-Weingrow, 44, was discovered by ...