U.S. agency probes Tesla crashes that killed 2 motorcyclists
Accidents point to a potential new hazard on U.S. freeways: Partially automated vehicles may not stop for motorcycles.
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Accidents point to a potential new hazard on U.S. freeways: Partially automated vehicles may not stop for motorcycles.
After years of COVID restrictions in the off-season, high school football players are coming into 2022 refreshed.
New state building codes allow for the potential construction of mass timber high rises up to 18 stories tall.
No one likes getting a traffic ticket, and the fees attached to it can add up quickly. A new state law took effect on July 1st that can help those buried under a mountain of debt from traffic violations.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a state of emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak.
The site of two unsuccessful yet ambitious high rise projects in downtown Sacramento is back on the market.
The McKinney Fire has burned more than 55,000 acres and is now the largest fire burning in California.
Several crews from the Sacramento area are assisting with the McKinney Fire, the state's largest blaze so far this year, with special equipment to protect private property, people and critical infrastructure.
California prison officials said Monday that they are investigating the third slaying of an inmate by other inmates within the span of a week, at three different prisons.
California has reported nearly 800 probable and confirmed cases of more than 3,000 identified in the U.S. Only New York has reported more cases.
The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction and death penalty for one of two men implicated in at least 11 notorious horrific torture-slayings, including several in Calaveras County, in the mid-1980s in which the duo kept their victims hidden in a secret bunker in the Northern California woods.
The Oak Fire is 18,715 acres and 32% contained.
A California federal judge has rejected a legal push to require Uber to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles, finding that such a mandate would be too onerous on the ride-hailing company.
The water that comes out of the tap for more than 900,000 Californians is unsafe to drink and the state isn't acting fast enough to help clean it up, state auditors said in a report released Tuesday.
A correctional officer from Elk Grove who was fired from his job in 2018 pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges stemming from two on-duty 2016 assaults, one of which was fatal, under a plea agreement in which prosecutors will seek less than 13 years in prison when he is sentenced in October.
Some say they didn't get what they were promised. Others say they never even got their equipment installed. But thankfully, the state has set aside millions to help reimburse these folks.
The California Data Exchange Center and Dept. of Water Resources report the mountains saw double the amount of precipitation in April than January, February and March combined.
The new law gives schools more time to comply before a judge can order them to reduce enrollment.
The decision by California's high court last week to cap enrollment at one of the world's most prestigious universities stunned state lawmakers, who said it wasn't fair to students who had worked hard to get into UC Berkeley.
After a surprise Halloween snowstorm melted away quickly, Tahoe area resorts are finally re-open for the official start of snow season.
It's not even Halloween and already there's a warning about turkey and Christmas tree shortages.
California is flexing a new muscle to strengthen the power grid in the fight to stop Northern California's devastating rolling blackouts. State grid operators say we currently face a 3,500-megawatt energy shortfall this year—and next summer looks even worse.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven new laws on Wednesday aimed at addressing the state's homelessness crisis, pleading with a skeptical public to have patience as the nation's most wealthy and populous state struggles to keep people off the streets.
The Oakland Board of Education has voted to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person school.
The California recall election was a blowout win for Gov. Gavin Newsom that reinforced the state's political divisions: The Democratic governor won big support in coastal areas and urban centers, while the rural north and agricultural inland, with far fewer voters, largely wanted him gone.
