Six months after the Southern California wildfires, recovery shows mixed progress with corporations buying land while homeowners struggle with insurance settlements and rebuilding costs.

The actions fall a bit short of requiring local school districts to adopt phonics, but they go a long way toward achieving Marion Joseph’s goal.

Twenty-one children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country.

Among those detained in California, the majority are not the “worst of the worst” the Trump administration said it was targeting, federal data shows.

The announcement is the latest sales pitch by the massive planned development near Vacaville, which has struggled to win regulatory approval as well as community support.

A state parole agent was shot and killed in Oakland on Thursday, and a suspect was arrested following an intense manhunt, authorities said.

California on Friday became the largest U.S. state court system to embrace policies governing the use of generative artificial intelligence by judges and court employees.

About $5 billion to $6 billion remains in limbo. In typical years, this funding would have begun reaching states and school districts starting on July 1. California joined about two dozen states this week in suing for the release of the funds, calling the Trump administration action “unconstitutional, unlawful and arbitrary.”

A California case is highlighting tensions between mental health protections and public safety after suspect was charged with murder days after misdemeanor charges were dropped.

ESCC crew lead Marta Cigalla led an all-trans trail crew in the deep Trump country of Klamath National Forest last summer, where animosity from the public was not uncommon. Once, at a gas station, a group of people noticed Cigalla's crew and shouted at them: Using a slur, they asked what "all these" transgender people were doing there.

Authorities in the Bay Area say they’ve uncovered evidence of hidden underground networks of stolen good buyers. These groups are what largely fuel the multimillion dollar shoplifting industry.