Commercial Dungeness crab season on most of California coast to be cut short
California is cutting short the commercial Dungeness crab season to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines.
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California is cutting short the commercial Dungeness crab season to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines.
A nonprofit environmental group is trying to stop the Forest Service from dropping retardant into water as they pushback against a bill introduced by Congressman Doug LaMalfa.
A sergeant's bodycam video showed Edward Bronstein screaming "I can't breathe" while multiple officers restrained him during the arrest.
The first-in-the-nation panel listened to economists to determine what should compensation look like for eligible Black Californians.
California Senator Steven Bradford has proposed a bill to create a special "Ebony Alert" system for missing Black women, girls and youth.
California's travel ban has been in effect since 2017. It requires the state Attorney General to maintain a list of states subject to the ban. That list has grown quickly as states have passed laws restricting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to minors and stopping transgender women and girls from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity.
For Bill Jones of the California Department of Cannabis Control, it was just another Tuesday.
California lawmakers on Monday approved the nation's first penalty for price gouging at the pump, voting to give regulators the power to punish oil companies for profiting from the type of gas price spikes that plagued the nation's most populous state last summer.
A former governor of California is leaving behind a new legacy, this time in the field of entomology.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed spending more than $100 million per year in the state's Medicaid program to pay for up to six months of housing for people who are or risk becoming homeless; are coming out of prison or foster care; or are at risk for hospitalization or emergency room visits.
The body of a 7-year-old boy was found in the ocean off central California days after his mother died in the same area, authorities said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ended some of the state's water restrictions on Friday because a winter of relentless rain and snow has replenished the state's reservoirs and eased fears of a shortage after three years of severe drought.
The largest man-made reservoir in California is currently just 40 feet below capacity, and business owners in the area are already expecting big crowds for the summer.
California lawmakers on Thursday will vote on whether to allow penalties on oil companies for price gouging at the pump, a first-in-the-country proposal aimed at stopping the kind of spikes last summer that caused some drivers pay up to $8 per gallon as the industry reaped super-sized profits.
A judge sentenced Ray J. Garcia to 70 months in prison for sexually abusing three female inmates and forcing them to pose naked for photos in their cells at the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin. He must also register as a sex offender with the state of California.
California may become the first state in the nation to outlaw caste-based bias, a safeguard people of South Asian descent say is necessary to protect them from discrimination in housing, education and the tech sector where they hold key roles.
Senators Alex Padilla and Diane Feinstein announced nearly $97 million in funding to reduce wildfire risk in communities across California.
Both died when falling trees hit vehicles they were in. Well over 100,000 customers were without power.
Soon, Californians may no longer be able to "taste the rainbow" as a proposed food safety bill could force candies like Skittles to change their ingredients or become banned in the state. The bill was introduced in February and aims to bar food ingredients that have been linked to cancer-causing chemicals. Supporters of the bill believe that it will help protect kids and overall public health.
The woman authorities say planned the abduction received more than 13 years, while the man painted as her accomplice received 5 years.
General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit on Monday asked California for permission to test the cars across the entire state.
California state emergency officials are positioning crews across several counties to brace for more damaging floods as another atmospheric river is set to slam storm-fatigued California Tuesday.
Should you have the right to know that the state is storing your child's DNA and that they may sell it to researchers or give it to law enforcement without your consent? The sponsors of a new bill think you should. California has been storing DNA from every child since the '80s -- something many parents don't know about.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest plan for the state's homelessness crisis asks voters to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction.
California school districts will soon be hiring more art teachers, but where the money is coming from?
