The Latest Breaking News from California

After a deadly wave of mass shootings in the United States last year — including one in Buffalo, New York, and another at a school in Uvalde, Texas — that collectively killed 31, California's Democratic-controlled Legislature responded by quickly passing more than a dozen laws meant to prevent gun violence…

A series of four attacks have upended communities across the state, from a city to farming towns

While the running joke may be that there are too many lawyers in the world, in many rural places in the United States, there are demonstrably too few.

Nick Sands, the brother of Julian Sands, who has been missing for 12 days in California, has said ‘I know in my heart that he has gone’

Chunli Zhao, 66, was arrested on suspicion of seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder

Half Moon Bay shooting unfolded less than two days after massacre in Monterey Park

Raising taxes on the super wealthy is a hurdle that even the nation’s most left-leaning states have yet to overcome.

It has been demoralizing to witness in Santa Cruz, my hometown, the destructive power of waves and water on our beaches, piers, roads, homes, businesses, rivers and levees. But we knew this was coming, and we’re overdue to adapt to the new realities of our climate.

Some might argue that the mass shooting that killed 11 people in California somehow proves gun restrictions don’t work. After all, California has the toughest gun-control laws in America. But even a cursory look at the data finds that tragedies like this are the exceptions that underscore the rule.

A few weeks ago, I had just finished writing my last story of 2022 — about how aging gas water heaters are prone to sudden failure, so don’t wait to upgrade to an electric heat pump model — when I heard the sound of a waterfall cascading through my Berkeley,…

Australian Defence Force veteran Dave Miln threw himself in front of a snowplough to save his daughters Isla, three, and one-year-old Anna at a ski resort in California, USA