Gov. Gavin Newsom’s constant reminders that California’s economy ”leads the nation” as well as being a model for social justice are delusional. To be sure, California has a huge GDP ...

An end to a banking fee? More protections for your credit score if you face medical debt? These are among the roughly 1,000 new laws hitting California starting the first day of 2025. If that sounds ...

Among the few state programs that actually saw their budget grow? Public colleges and universities, though the University of California and California State University are slated to see those 8% cuts ...

on Dec. 23, 2024. Daniel Dreifuss/AFP via Getty Images Marina police officers, firefighters, U.S. Coast Guard and the California Highway Patrol launched an extensive search for the man using boats ...

By Amy Qin and Kate Selig The towering waves that have hammered California’s coast this week have been unusually destructive, killing at least one person and prompting warnings by officials to ...

After several years of decline, California’s population grew by almost a quarter of a million residents in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, a rebound that brings the Golden State ...

Hikers enjoy views of the southland along Griffith Park's Mount Hollywood Trail. California's population has bounced back to levels the Golden State reached before the pandemic. (Al Seib / Los ...

Gavin Newsom are set to take effect in the new year. The 2025 slate of new California laws includes protections for actors in Hollywood against artificial intelligence, new parking restrictions ...

California’s new minimum-wage law hadn’t even gone into effect before it was declared a disaster. Business groups and Republican politicians have argued for decades that minimum-wage increases ...

The California exodus that’s been declared over and over again isn’t real, according to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau published this week. The Golden State’s population grew by 0.6 ...

Sonja Wild/UC Davis Squirrels in California aren't as vegan as people may assume. A new study from U.C. Davis and UW-Eau Claire found that California ground squirrels not only eat nuts and fruit ...

More Americans left California between 2023 and 2024 than any other state across the country, according to new data released by the Census Bureau. The Golden State lost a total of 239,575 ...