The Latest Breaking News from California

An idle well fee program is masking vast cleanup costs while harming residents and the climate

The plants and mulch within five feet of a home pose a major risk for spreading wildfire. California now has the tricky task of convincing homeowners to get rid of the greenery.

The judge conceded that weapons like AR-15s are commonly used by criminals, but said the guns are importantly also owned by people who obey the law and feel they need firearms to protect themselves.

A judge has ruled to continue halting parts of a Southern California school district policy requiring school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identity at school

A federal judge who previously overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons did it again, ruling Thursday that the state’s attempts to prohibit sales of semiautomatic guns violates the constitutional right to bear arms

Newly appointed California Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler will not seek election to a full term in 2024

The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions reached a tentative agreement with its employer on a new four-year contract on Oct. 13, 2023. They agreed following the largest documented strike of U.S. health care workers on record, which involved more than 75,000 workers in several states and the District of Columbia.…

People ducked under desks and tables in California and around the world for an annual drill practicing ways to stay safe during earthquakes

A lawyer speaking for the former Southern California street gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur in 1996 says he sees key weaknesses in the murder case in Las Vegas

The number of former Californians who became Texans dropped slightly last year, but some of that slack was picked up by Arizona and Florida

The end of pandemic relief programs is returning millions of children to poverty.