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California lawmakers on Sunday approved bills aimed at preventing interference in this fall's midterm elections and requiring more transparency from social media influencers who are paid by political …
California police and firefighters will be able to retire earlier and earn more generous pensions under a bill lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom. It’s potentially expensive and government agencies a…
The 2019 law resulted in billions of dollars in payouts from local governments.…
California recently lifted the statute of limitations on child sex abuse lawsuits, leading to many cases against schools. A bill going to Gov. Gavin Newsom would raise the standard for evidence.…
Expect weather that feels "more like California than Miami," the National Weather Service says…
The flash flood happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday and resulted in 'significant impacts' to infrastructure throughout Bright Angel Canyon.…
Like a voice of dissent from 2005, the mapping site holds firm to Lake Ontario despite Trump's executive order stemming from his escalating trade war with Canada.…
Officials speculated that the bear and her cubs may have entered the tank because they were thirsty. The high temperature in La Verne Saturday was 98 degrees.…
Crews are continuing to battle two wildfires in Monterey County that have collectively burned more than 33,000 acres and forced more than 600 people to evacuate.…
Jacob Bustillos received probation and jail time after running a red light in Long Beach, causing a crash that killed 15-year-old Carlos Ramirez.…
The presidential aide spent much of her early life in Southern California, where she was home-schooled and attended a mega-church on Sundays, her brother said.…
As France fights wildfires this summer, it looks to California and its experience with fighting or preventing fires.…
Dolly Parton, the country music icon who died at 80 this week, used to spend some of her weekends in Solvang.…
The air quality regulator sent an enforcement team to inspect the site Saturday and confirmed food removal had been completed.…
Gov. Gavin Newsom backed off his plans to ease costs for utilities following wildfires they cause, striking a narrower deal with Democratic lawmakers.…
After weeks of intense negotiation, state lawmakers on Friday reached a compromise on legislation to regulate energy use by California's growing data center industry, action triggered by community ang…
As legislative session closed, Newsom pushed environmental break for donor.…
In a late-night deal with lawmakers, Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to drop his push for legislation that would have shifted more of the cost of utility-sparked wildfires to property insurers, which could h…
Fernando Ochoa Jauregui, 30, was convicted this week for defrauding dozens of aspiring food truck owners, according to the Stanislaus County district attorney's office.…
'Derogatory' fliers directed at the Armenian community were scattered around a Glendale elementary school, police are investigating the matter as a potential hate incident.…
L.A. rapper ColdheartedAC and two others were arrested and charged in a multimillion-dollar check-cashing scheme across Southern California.…
The Broad and L.A. artist Lauren Halsey forge partnership to offer South L.A. students free art field trips, community workshops and museum tours.…
Campus tours, help with college applications and academic counseling: These are just a few forms of college outreach and assistance lost to California students when the U.S. Department of Education ca…
The Plaskett fire, which ignited Tuesday in a remote area about 30 miles down the coast from where the Timber fire started, exploded overnight Friday. It grew to more than 8,000 acres Saturday.…