Fresno Groundbreaking Tuesday For High-Speed Train
California Gov. Jerry Brown is slated to be among the dignitaries at an invitation-only groundbreaking next week for the state's new high-speed rail system.
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California Gov. Jerry Brown is slated to be among the dignitaries at an invitation-only groundbreaking next week for the state's new high-speed rail system.
California's drought declaration has triggered only local limits such as restrictions on washing cars or watering lawns for most communities, but one Pacific Coast tourist town has seized it as an opportunity to build a long-desired desalination plant.
Kevin Michael McQuilliams, 26, was arrested in Truckee, California, about 6 p.m. Thursday without incident after Idaho officials issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter.
The state opened the 39-bed unit at San Quentin State Prison in October in response to a judge's ruling a year ago condemning a lack of proper mental health treatment for inmates.
The U.S. Coast Guard has grounded operations of a popular Lake Tahoe cruise boat.
Hundreds of people lined up in early morning cold Friday as California began taking driver's license applications from the nation's largest population of immigrants in the country illegally.
An Idaho man police say shot and killed his girlfriend at a New Year's Day party in southeastern Idaho has been arrested in California.
California is one of 10 states that now provide licenses to immigrants in the country illegally. The licenses issued to immigrants without legal status will include a distinctive marking and are not considered a valid form of federal identification.
The new standard backed by animal rights advocates has drawn ire nationwide because farmers in Iowa, Ohio and other states who sell eggs in California have to abide by the same requirements.
El Dorado County sheriff's deputies say the Tahoe Queen became stuck roughly 200 yards from its dock in South Lake Tahoe at the end of the cruise early Thursday.
Police are searching for a man who fired shots at two San Francisco Bay Area officers.
The new year is expected to bring rising chicken egg prices across the U.S. as California starts requiring farmers to house hens in cages with enough space to move around and stretch their wings.
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a 5.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern California.
Bundled-up revelers planning to usher in 2015 along the Las Vegas Strip or watch flower-decorated floats in the Rose Parade in Southern California were dealing with near-freezing temperatures early Thursday after a blustery winter storm dumped show and ice across the West.
A blustery winter storm dumped snow and ice across the West on Wednesday, making driving treacherous in the mountains from California to the Rockies and forcing residents and party-goers in some usually sun-soaked cities to bundle up for a frosty New Year's.
