As frigid temperatures and wintry blasts have hit a large section of the nation, drivers are increasingly "puffing"—warming up their parked vehicles before heading out on the road. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) warns that leaving an unlocked car running with the keys or fob inside can lead to two unwanted scenarios.

When Moorefield Construction built a Best Buy, it knew there was more moisture vapor emitting through the structure’s concrete than there should have been.

A 19-year-old Alameda woman died Wednesday after her car hydroplaned off a Mendocino County highway and into a fast-moving creek, where her best friend clung to a tree for 12 hours of a winter storm before swimming to shore for help at daybreak.

They have one-word names, their advertising campaigns throw around lofty concepts like optimism and their signature is digital reliance. The new face of insurance in North America wears a big smile and talks to customers using artificially intelligent chat bots.

A Redwood City man was sentenced to two years probation and 40 days in jail after he pleaded no contest to two felony charges of insurance fraud Thursday, said Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County district attorney.

Heavy rain brought flood waters to Rio Linda neighborhoods on Tuesday night, surprising many residents with closed roads on the drive home.

Just when it seemed like carmakers had run out of vehicles to recall related to the deadly Takata airbag defect, more are added to the list: 772,000 Honda and Acura vehicles.

A potent winter storm front moved eastward Monday, but the threat of devastating mudslides lingered like a time bomb buried deep beneath the rain-saturated Bay Area hillsides.

Thousands of rock salt lamps sold at Michaels are under recall due to shock and fire hazards. The recall involves about 80,000 rock salt lamps sold under the Lumiere brand.

The United States experienced 15 "weather and climate disasters" last year - each with losses exceeding US$1 billion - for a total of US$46 billion, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported on Monday.

Waymo, the self-driving car startup spun-off from Google late last year, will be deploying its fleet of self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans onto public roads for the first time later this month, the company announced at the North American International Auto Show today.

Volkswagen Group of America is recalling nearly 136,000 Audi and Volkswagen autos to fix potential problems with their antilock brake systems.

Stranded motorists were pulled from cars stuck on flooded Northern California roads as thunderstorms arrived Sunday as part of a massive winter storm that could be the biggest to slam the region in more than a decade.

Last March, Toshiba recalled the lithium-ion battery packs used in approximately 91,000 laptops that were found to overheat, posing burn and fire hazards to consumers. Now, the company is expanding the safety initiative, recalling an additional 83,000 units.

Lloyd’s of London could be paying Disney $50 million in the wake of the sudden death of Hollywood legend Carrie Fisher. The acclaimed writer and actress — best known as the Star Wars franchise’s indomitable Leia Organa — died Dec. 27, four days after suffering a heart attack while on a flight.