The Latest Breaking News from California

A monolith previously appeared on a Las Vegas street in 2020

A new state law mandates that oil companies put up money to plug wells before acquiring them. It could fail its first big test, putting taxpayers on the hook.

Multiple wildfires in California, including Sites, Aero, and Post fires, challenge firefighters as strong winds and low humidity levels complicate containm...

Plus: unpermitted ADUs in San Jose, Sen. J.D. Vance's mass deportation plan for housing affordability, and the California Coastal Commission's anti-housing record.

The California governor says it’s the only way around the political stalemate – but some are skeptical

The incident happened while the president visited California for a Democratic fundraiser, where he was joined by former President Barack Obama

The order: Sarrita Adams runs Science On Trial, Inc., which "provides forensic consultation services across the United States and the United Kingdom." Adams, who is a "University of Cambridge educated translational scientist," drew public attention by publicly criticizing the evidence in the 2023 English trial of nurse Lucy Letby, who…

Hiker uses dying cell phone to make desperate call to emergency services when she loses the feeling in her legs

For almost eight years, California law enforcement officials kept a death in police custody secret, labeling the case an "accident" and refusing to disclose basic information to journalists and the family of the victim, according to an investigation by Open Vallejo. Darryl Mefferd had seemed disoriented and dehydrated and was…