CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (AP) — Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades but he and other inmates are still taking regular trips to far-flun...

The White House. (Photo courtesy of U.S. National Archives)A federal judge ruled Friday that for now President Donald Trump’s administra...

The state capitol building in Sacramento. (Photo courtesy of the state Assembly)Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a state budget for...

Current drought maps are showing California is drought-free for the first time in 25 years. The U.S. Drought Monitor climatologists put ou...

Current drought maps are showing California is drought-free for the first time in 25 years.

California lawmakers wasted no time in offering their opinions about Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s proposed budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, an ove...

This article first appeared in EdSource.California is failing to meet its promises to children — especially in students’ well-being and...

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By HAVEN DALEY, Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested self-driving Waymo taxis in San Francisco on Frida...

Earthquakes usually strike without warning. But sometimes they come in clusters — dozens or even hundreds of small quakes concentrated in on...

As Eric Lichtblau began research for a non-fiction book on the rise of hate crimes in the United States, he found that there was a seemingly...

People seek employment opportunities at a JobTrain office in Menlo Park on July 20, 2010. (File photo by Paul Sakuma/Associated Press)Th...

Why didn’t Southern California rents soar after last year’s horrific wildfire destroyed roughly 12,000 structures?My trusty spreadsheet rev...

When you purchase something from a luxury jewelry store, especially when you’re spending thousands of dollars on a single item, there’s a ce...

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — A huge black bear that made its den in the crawl space under a Los Angeles area man’s house for more than a month ha...