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A judge ruled Friday that California regulators violated some farmers' rights by telling them to stop diverting from rivers and streams, but the state says it can still punish those who illegally take water during the drought.
American Samoa is the only U.S. territory to hold out against the recent Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage.
Surveillance cameras with license plate readers will soon be keeping a close eye on drivers in one East Bay community.
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary can't deduct business expenses for sales of the drug from its taxable income.
California has yet to get a handle on potential health and environmental risks from the state's fracking boom, a state-commissioned study concluded Thursday.
The long-expected moment when Latinos surpassed non-Hispanic whites as California's largest racial or ethnic group has come and gone.
A California legislative panel opted not to vote Wednesday during a heated hearing on a bill that would regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products after lawmakers gutted its key provision.
For more than two decades, San Francisco has been considered a sanctuary for people in the U.S. illegally -- a complicated policy politicians and law enforcement officials have continually debated.
Two California bills aimed at reducing youth smoking by regulating e-cigarettes and boosting the legal smoking age to 21 will get a crucial legislative hearing Wednesday.
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement official has launched the latest salvo in the finger-pointing war over the case of the illegal immigrant who allegedly shot and killed a woman at San Francisco Pier 14.
Legislation that would have allowed terminally ill patients to legally end their lives in California stalled Tuesday amid fierce opposition from religious groups.
A tweet from Donald Trump in response to Jeb Bush's reaction to his comments regarding Mexicans was quickly deleted.
San Francisco Sheriff's deputies have been making secret phone calls for years to help the Feds get illegal immigrants like murder suspect Francisco Sanchez, off the streets.
When Marin County female lawyers got hit by the fashion police, some of them didn't appreciate the unsolicited advice.
Trump tweeted: "Miss Universe, Paulina Vega, criticized me for telling the truth about illegal immigration, but then said she would keep the crown -- Hypocrite."
