The bill's sponsor says he was "disturbed by the striking parallels" between the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and current U.S. immigration policy.
Winters are warming faster than summers in many places, and colder parts of the U.S. are warming faster than hotter ones. The warming winter climate has year-round consequences across the country.
"We believe it is the largest effort in California to wipe out old criminal convictions in a single court motion," District Attorney Jackie Lacey said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has pushed out its regional boss for California and other points West. And that's touched off an unusual public dispute between the two about the reason why.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said that a review of the case found "no provable evidence" the California couple had committed any sexual offense.
The experiment underway at three airports comes in reaction to a recent state law that makes it harder to classify people as contract workers rather than as employees.
California officials have arrested 11 suspects they say ran a multi-state recycling fraud operation smuggling empty cans and bottles into California for 5- and 10-cent deposits.
The suspects allegedly brought cans and bottles from Arizona and Nevada, where they don't pay f
Health officials said the state has 30 days to repeal the requirement or some of its federal funds might be in jeopardy. The threat comes on the same day Trump addressed an anti-abortion rights march.
A state of California finance committee put off a decision on issuing $300 million in tax-exempt bonds to the Virgin Trains USA high-speed rail project, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
The wrangling over what to do about a sprawling homeless camp in Santa Rosa, Calif., highlights how hard it is to find answers for a growing crisis across California and much of the West.
California utility PG&E continues planned power outages to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires. One Native tribe's solar-powered microgrid is proving to be a lifeline for rural communities.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More people are leaving California than moving in.
New estimates released Friday put the state's population at 39.96 million. That's just shy of the 40 million milestone demographers had predicted the state would have passed by now.
Clinical psychologists say it can take anywhere from three weeks to two months to see patients suffering from depression, anxiety or serious emotional trauma.
The denial upholds a lower court ruling that put severe limits on cities' ability to enforce anti-camping ordinances on streets and in public rights of way. Advocates for the homeless lauded the move.
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to expedite the beleaguered PG&E bankruptcy case in time for next year's wildfire season. But Newsom said the utility's plan "falls woefully short" of what is needed.
The company planning a high-speed train between Las Vegas and Southern California says construction could start late next year if bonds are approved by February.
Virgin Trains USA executive Tina Quigley tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal that work will begin first in Calif
LAS VEGAS (AP) — California is playing an unparalleled role in Nevada growth, as state population estimates surpassed 3 million people and the U.S. Census Bureau ranked the Silver State as the nation's fastest-growing in 2018.
The gunmen said nothing as they opened fire on a backyard party. "It's a dark day in our community, not only in our Hmong community but in our Fresno community," said a local leader.
The victims were all Asian males between 25 and 35. "Most of them had jerseys on," said the deputy police chief. "And it looks like something terrible happened."
More than 50,000 people moved from California to Nevada between July 2017 and July 2018, the second-highest amount in the past 10 years, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau estimates.
Insecticides and other chemicals found at the sites threaten long-term damage to ecosystems. California law enforcement, ecologists and others are cracking down.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Las Vegas woman dragged to California by father-and-daughter kidnappers has been found alive after a harrowing, weeklong kidnapping where she was raped, robbed and left for dead in the desert.
