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An undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean has triggered tsunami warnings on the West Coast and in Alaska. Here’s what to watch for and how to stay safe.

Though California has not granted a lease to a new offshore oil and gas rig in 5 decades, drilling on previously established wells still happens off the coast. But after the Huntington Beach oil spill, activists and politicians are renewing calls to shut down offshore drilling entirely . Lauren Kubiak from the Natural Resources Defense Council explains.

California weather is heating up and winds are shifting as more than 14,000 firefighters battled wildfires up and down the state, including a major blaze they hoped to keep out of the Lake Tahoe resort region

Two unusual weather phenomena combined to create some of the most destructive wildfires the West Coast states have seen in modern times.

Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper looks at the role of climate change in the warming winter weather predictions for December.

California rock climber Brad Gobright reportedly reached the top of a highly challenging rock face in northern Mexico and was rappelling down with a companion when he fell to his death. Climber Aidan Jacobson of Phoenix, Arizona, told Outside magazine he was with Gobright, and said they had just performed an ascent of the Sendero Luminoso route in the El...

At the edge of an ancient lava flow where jagged black rocks meet the Pacific, small off-the-grid homes overlook the calm blue waters of Papa Bay on Hawaii’s Big Island — no tourists or hotels in sight. Here, one of the islands’ most abundant and vibrant coral reefs thrives just below the surface. Yet even this remote shoreline far from...

The U.S. women’s national soccer team celebrated its Women’s World Cup victory on both coasts Wednesday, honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City before jetting to the West Coast and collecting trophies at The ESPYS in the evening. Alex Morgan won female athlete of the year and shared the best team award with her soccer mates. “Sorry, but...

Washington, D.C. officials are pushing back against an unsubstantiated claim by President Donald Trump that he orchestrated a purge of homeless people

The District’s first heatwave of the summer continues, and Meteorologist Amelia Draper has the forecast going into next Saturday.

We’re at home with designer Janice Barta at her California-inspired, mid-century design pad. The creative spin on California style, gives it a lively and light-filled aesthetic.

California crab fisheries will close for the season in April when whales are feeding off the state’s coast as part of an effort to keep Dungeness crab fishery gear from killing protected whales, officials announced Tuesday.

Eighteen years ago, Carol Pratt adopted Brianna and her two brothers after seeing them on a segment of Wednesday’s Child. Now, Brianna is finishing a degree in computer science, and is the last of her siblings still living at home. News4’s Barbara Harrison revisits the family.

Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell, who co-owns of Terrell Arts DC with her husband, joins Pat Lawson Muse to discuss her work and how she incorporates the community into her mission.

There’s no question that living in D.C. is expensive. And rising housing costs in the area have pushed more married couples to take on roommates to save money, a new study says.

Rain, winds and surging seawater buffeted coastal villages and world-famous tourist resorts Friday, as Tropical Storm Pabuk made landfall on southern Thailand’s east coast. The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 70 kph (42 mph), hit the shore of Nakhon Si Thammarat province Friday afternoon and was roaring westward at 20 kph (12 mph), said Phuwieng Prakhammintara, director-general of the...

Seattle houses the flagship Amazon headquarters — and the city has been growing pains including rising rents. News4’s Leon Harris talks with Puget Sound Business Journal Managing Editor Jim Hammerand about the tech giant’s west coast impact.

One of Taiwan’s fastest passenger trains derailed Sunday on a curve along a popular weekend route, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 170 others, authorities said. The Puyuma express was carrying more than 360 passengers from a suburb of Taipei in the north to Taitung, a city on Taiwan’s southeast coast, when it went off the tracks...

In a settlement with environmental groups, the Trump administration has agreed to designate critical Pacific Ocean habitat for endangered humpback whales. The suit by the Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and Wishtoyo Foundation, a nonprofit that represents Native American tribes, was settled Friday in federal district court in San Francisco.

The Heart of Tabitha Foundation aims to support young women in need of educational, wellness and other support. Jazmyn McKoy, the founder, and Patricia Williams, the president, discuss the organization’s efforts with News4’s Pat Lawson Muse.