The Latest Breaking News from California

Zone 0 wildfire regulations will force landscape designers to 'pioneer a new California aesthetic', say experts. Here's what to expect from the rules

In response to devastating wildfires, new backyard safety regulations are due to be finalized this year

Homes & Gardens · Jun 13, 2025

Alex Padilla says FBI escorted him to Noem press conference before he was wrestled to the ground for interrupting

Senator rubbishes claims he did not identify himself and ‘barged’ into Homeland Security briefing

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025

Immigration raids on California farms seen threatening businesses supplying America's food

Federal agents have rounded up dozens of California farmworkers in large-scale raids at packinghouses and fields that farm bureaus say threaten businesses that supply much of the country’s food

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025

RFK Jr team forced Medicaid officials to reveal the immigration status on millions of enrollees to DHS: report

Officials in California, where non-U.S. citizens can enroll in Medicaid, are concerned data will be used for immigration raids

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025

‘I yearned to be a California Girl – but I lived in Burnley’: readers on their love for Brian Wilson

From memories of photoshoots and telephone calls with the late Beach Boy, to appraisals of his complex but pure music, Guardian readers pay tribute to a great

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2025

How would recent events in the US appear if they happened elsewhere?

Imagining how the media would cover the troops in Los Angeles or the detention of a sitting senator is a useful exercise

The Guardian - US · Jun 13, 2025

Trump demands a ‘Thank You’ from Newsom after appeals court delays bid to boot military from Los Angeles

A late-night decision by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to California Governor Gavin Newsom

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025

“Reimagining the acoustic experience for daring and adventurous players”: Fender debuts the California Standard Series – bringing its popular budget acoustics to even lower price points

The new range arrives in time to compete with a growing budget acoustic market – and doubles down on Fender’s Standard initiative

Guitar World · Jun 13, 2025

The Trump Administration Needs Better Opposition

And Americans deserve dissenting voices that aren’t inept and crazy.

Reason · Jun 13, 2025

Calls grow for Kristi Noem to resign in the wake of Padilla incident

California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell leads calls for Homeland Security Secretary to step down after senator forcibly removed from her press conference on Thursday

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025