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PLANADA, Calif. — Once the levee broke, the water rose so quickly that in the few minutes it took Erica Lopez Bedolla to decide to evacuate and gather her children and a few necessities, it had surged from her ankles to her knees.

FRESNO, Calif. — They say the sign of a good team is that it wins even when it’s not good.

The California Democrat, the oldest sitting member of Congress, said she will accomplish as much as possible before she steps down.

The longest-serving California senator was a hardline drug warrior, a surveillance hawk, and no friend of freedom.

The announcement comes after several Democrats announced campaigns for her seat.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Bruce Springsteen delivered the Valentine’s Day gift that his California fans had been waiting months for:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Driving through the industrial outskirts of Sacramento, a stretch of warehouses, wholesale suppliers, truck centers and auto repair shops northeast of downtown, it’s hard to square California’s $18 billion investment in homeless services with the roadside misery.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two words that government officials always try to avoid saying are "drought's over" — even when there's flooding.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Mateo County has created a new task force to crack down on subpar farmworker housing, a response to a mass shooting at two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms that cast a national spotlight on workers living in leaky shacks and shipping containers without usable kitchens…