California

California lawmakers have voted to reduce the size of the state’s deficit. The state Legislature on Thursday approved legislation that takes a number of steps to reduce the deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office says it could be as much as $...

Federal fishery managers have voted to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the second year in a row, and only the fourth time in state history, because of dwindling stocks.

More startups are leaving the Bay Area for Denver and Boulder and they are thriving as venture billions flow into the Colorado metro region.

 A bill to increase transparency when state hospitals attempt to place sexually violent predators in California communities unanimously passed the state Senate’s Public Safety Committee Tuesday.

This wasn’t your normal moving day.

A team on Tuesday was monitoring a whale that was found entangled off the coast of San Mateo County.

In seven different housing markets in California, you would need to earn over $200,000 a year to afford to buy a typical home.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is continuing its crackdown on fraud targeting benefits for California’s low-income families, arresting and charging seven people last week in connection with the theft of hundreds of thousands in Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits (EBT).

Several Los Angeles area communities are among those in California where State Farm has indicated it will not be renewing homeowner’s policies.

The Los Angeles Zoo announced Monday it welcomed the first five hatchlings of the California condor, a critically endangered species, marking the successful start of the 2024 breeding season. The chicks were from the eggs laid at the zoo at the beginning of January. After the first hatchling arrived on March 1, four more hatched a couple of weeks l...

How a missing San Diego dog made its way to Michigan remains a mystery, but the Chihuahua/Terrier mix’s family is overjoyed to have her home.

Lauri Peterson, an original cast member of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” has shared that her son Josh Waring has passed away at age 35.

A preliminary magnitude 3.4 earthquake shook the East Bay just outside Berkeley Saturday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.