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The National Weather Service says the extreme tropical temperatures that broke records early this year have tapered off. They say it's showing signs of a shifting to the Pacific's other phase, La Nina.
It's not technically over-the-counter, but you can get hormonal contraceptives from a pharmacist after filling out a questionnaire.
The findings were released on Tuesday in a 24-page report by the Little Hoover Commission. It found overtime for nursing staff at state facilities cost $179 million.
Digger's Deli has been a staple to the community, slicing meat and wrapping sandwiches for 39 years. When it went up for sale three years ago Gigi Warshawsky and her husband put in a bid for what she calls 'Our American Dream.'
Deputies are investigating the discovery of a woman's body beneath Interstate 80 near the California-Nevada state line.
Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington are among the states with active "Fight for $15" efforts, and even economic experts who oppose the increased rate see it gaining momentum.
The increases would start with a boost from $10 to $10.50 on Jan. 1. Businesses with 25 or fewer employees would have an extra year to comply. Increases of $1 an hour would come every January until 2022. The governor could delay increases in times of budgetary or economic downturns.
California legislators and labor unions have reached a tentative agreement that will take the state's minimum wage from $10 to $15 an hour, a state senator said, a move that would make for the largest statewide minimum in the nation by far.
The presidential contest is dominating national headlines, but the toughest campaign in California might be two years away.
It's the third such increase in recent months. The easing of cutbacks could affect up to two-thirds of California's nearly 40 million people, and just under a million acres of irrigated farmland.
More than 58,000 drivers benefited from cost reductions in the first three months of the 18-month program that started in October, according to the Judicial Council of California, the policymaking branch of the state court system.
Two Northern California sheriff's deputies and a former colleague were charged Tuesday with involvement in setting up jail inmates fights to gamble on them.
A research firm said Wednesday that buyers snapped up more than 27,500 houses and condos in California in January as the median price hit $400,000.
California will see another day of unseasonable warmth before a low-pressure system brings a chance of rain at midweek.
The tax is designed to allow California to continue receiving matching funds from the federal government to pay for health insurance for the poor.
Only hours remain before a $63 million California Lottery prize slips through somebody's fingers.
Covered California officials say tax penalties for those who forget or ignore the deadline go up to $695 a person.
Those students met all of the graduation requirements, but failed the California High School Exit Exam. A new law has made them eligible to finally receive their diplomas.
Ken Freeze of the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium says about 14,000 of the top wine and grape industry professionals are at the center, selling and checking out the latest and greatest technologies and equipment in the industry.
On Tuesday, her boss, District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, called the statements "inappropriate, uninformed, and rash." He added that they were not authorized by him or anyone in his office, and they don't reflect the official position of prosecutors.
All this snowfall in the Sierra makes sledding fun and easy. the challenge is turning all this fresh powder into a use for the greater good.
As tens of thousands of children fleeing violence in Central America crossed the border in search of safe harbor, overwhelmed U.S. officials weakened child protection policies, placing some young migrants in homes where they were sexually assaulted, starved or forced to work for little or no pay, an Associated Press investigation has found.
California is considering easing water conservation mandates for some cities and towns in the state's drought.
Californians cautiously ventured outside Thursday after days of powerful El Nino-driven storms drenched the region, stopping cable cars in San Francisco, stranding motorists and dumping heavy snow in northern Arizona.
