Multiple searches are underway across California as first responders battle heavy rain and flooding in the southern part of the state while blizzard conditions are pummeling the Sierra.

By Brad Brooks Feb 19 (Reuters) - Investigators are working to determine if criminal negligence played a role in the avalanche that killed at least eight people on a guided backcountry ski trip in California,

Since Monday, a series of storms has drenched much of California and dumped feet of snow in the Sierra.

A weekslong “snow drought” in Northern California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened

Bernie Sanders has traveled to Los Angeles to kick off a campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the Silicon Valley and led to divisions among Democrats.

Thursday will be another wet day for Northern California as the rounds of rain and snow continue to soak the region.