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It was a matter of life and death in 2015 when California Gov. Jerry Brown pondered an assisted suicide bill granting terminally ill people the right to choose when they die. After much speculation, Brown signed the measure.
Just one year ago, the arrival of legalized, recreational marijuana came with a good bit of celebration in California's cannabis industry. One year later, that same industry is licking its wounds after a long, tough year.
California would likely lose money and face insurmountable federal hurdles if it tried to create a state-backed bank for the marijuana industry, according to a report.
A new mandate by the U.S. government could force millions of Californians to spend more time in line at the DMV.
With the threat of a government shutdown looming, federal employees face an uncertain holiday season. While some would be furloughed, others would have to work without pay.
The California Department of Transportation has released new reports on the negative effects of climate change on the state's highway system and infrastructure.
Federal officials said Tuesday they are increasing catch limits for several species of West Coast groundfish that were severely depleted more than a dozen years ago in a crisis that posed a threat to the commercial and sports fishing industries.
California regulators on Friday said marijuana deliveries can be made anywhere in the state, even in locales that ban cannabis.
California's push toward more renewable energy has reached a major milestone with a new mandate beginning in 2020 that requires all new homes built to include solar rooftop panels.
California is seeing a historic drop in arrests that still leaves blacks far more likely to wind up in handcuffs, particularly in Bay Area counties.
For years California has been trying to get people out of their cars, but a new report suggests that just the opposite appears to be happening.
California has the highest taxes in the nation, and the new federal tax law that limits state and local tax deductions to $10,000 dollars has people crossing state lines.
Suspicious Republicans have pointed a finger at the state's dominant Democratic Party, suggesting the changes intentionally left Republicans at a disadvantage.
Hundreds of migrants approaching the California border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after several tried to make it past fencing and wire separating the two countries.
In the not-too-distant future, disasters won't come one at a time. Instead, according to new research, we can expect a cascade of catastrophes, some gradual, others abrupt, all compounding as climate change takes a greater toll.
Hundreds of Tijuana residents have congregated around a monument in an affluent section of the city south of California to protest the thousands of Central American migrants who have arrived there via caravan in hopes of a new life in the U.S.
California's unemployment rate held at the record low of 4.1 percent in October as employers added 36,400 nonfarm payroll jobs, the state Employment Development Department said Friday.
Six people have been arrested over the last 48 hours on drugs, weapons, looting and possession of stolen property charges in the Camp Fire devastated town of Paradise, according to the Butte County Sheriff's Department.
Critics of the President's comments that California's devastating fires are due to 'forest mismanagement' point out that the federal government owns more than half of California's forest land.
Across the Bay Area, residents took precautions as the raging Camp Fire's massive smoke plume engulfed the region with a layer of unhealthy air, forcing some North Bay Schools to close and several scheduled NCS playoff games to be postponed.
Wildfires have become a way of life in California as the rains have become less frequent and the temperatures have grown hotter. You may find yourself needing to evacuate at moment's notice.
Families across California and the country got help from actor James Woods as they searched desperately for relatives missing in the devastating Camp Fire.
Newly ascendant Democrats are promising congressional action on gun control amid a rash of mass shootings, including a late-night assault at a California bar that killed 12 people.
A fast-moving wildfire has driven thousands of residents of the Butte County town of Paradise from their homes, forcing some to abandon their cars during their flight to safety.
California voters have rejected a ballot measure to expand a property tax break for older homeowners who move, sparing schools and local governments a major revenue loss.
