The Latest Breaking News from California

Ray Garcia is first of five defendants to go to trial on charges of abusing women detained in a California prison.

With a partial agreement reached and tens of thousands remaining on strike, UC workers wonder if they can afford the work they love.

Recently passed legislation pushes new construction as a solution.

A small team from the Wintu Tribe of Northern California is searching for human remains and cultural artifacts in the soil of a construction site where a trail along the Sacramento River and parking area will soon open to the public

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Following spates of fentanyl overdoses among students, California public schools could be required to provide Narcan on campuses — a nasal spray that can reverse deadly effects of opioids.

Where government and health care institutions are absent, some communities turn to grassroots action.

LOS ANGELES — When 48,000 University of California academic workers went on strike in mid-November, Stacy Fahrenthold joined them on the picket line. The associate professor of history at UC Davis canceled lectures and will not read final papers or record grades until the walkout is settled.

A federal judge rejected Mack’s request to be released pending trial. It would have been Mack’s first taste of freedom since her mother’s body was discovered in a bloody suitcase left outside a posh Indonesian resort in 2014.

LOS ANGELES — In the 76 seconds it took to recite an oath of office, Lindsey Horvath was transformed into one of the most powerful players in California politics. In fact, few positions in American municipal politics confer as much sweep as the one Horvath assumed Monday.