Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the temperature in California's Death Valley National Park skyrocketed to a nearly world record-breaking high, a group of ...

STANFORD, Calif. — The call came at 2 p.m. Sunday: A driver suffered a brain injury in a traffic accident and needed to be flown to a different hospital as soon as possible. Lead helicopter pilot ...

Six motorcyclists rode into Death Valley National Park on July 6. Only five came out alive. With temperatures reaching 128 degrees Fahrenheit in California, the cyclists faced extreme heat exposure ...

Extreme temperatures cause big problems for rescue helicopters. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Douglas Evans, a rescue pilot in California, about conditions in his state. Extreme heat takes a toll on us ...