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Forecasters warned Monday of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days

Food scraps and other organic materials like yard waste emit methane, a gas more potent and damaging in the short-term than carbon emissions

The proposition, before voters on the March 5 ballot, would require counties to spend 60% of funds for mental health on housing and programs for homeless people with serious mental illnesses or substance abuse problems

California, Oregon and Washington already enforce low carbon fuel standards. The bill would require producers of high-polluting fuels to buy credits from producers of low-carbon fuels

With financial support from other Hollywood stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, the actor will create a center where siblings who have lost their parents can stay together. The project is slated to open in 2025

The amount of plastic shopping bags trashed per person grew from 8 pounds per year in 2004 to 11 pounds per year in 2021

President Joe Biden said in a statement that he and first lady Jill Biden are ‘heartbroken’ to learn of the loss of ‘five of our nation’s finest warriors’

It’s designed to allay fears among potential EV buyers that charging stations are too scarce or that they will have no safe place to wait as their vehicles charge, spending far longer than it takes for a gasoline fill-up

The ruling could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. Industry groups warned it could lead to loss of manufacturing jobs and even shut down power plants or refineries

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging drugmakers to do a better job at finding the lowest effective dose

At least 26 people in 11 states have been sickened. They include a person who died in California in 2017 and one who died in Texas in 2020

The weather service predicts up to 8 inches of rainfall across Southern California’s coastal and valley areas, with 14 inches in the foothills and mountains over the next two days

Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, who rose to national prominence as the lead prosecutor in then-President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, is topping the polls

About 1.4 million people in the Los Angeles area, including the Hollywood Hills and Beverly Hills, were under a flash-flood warning Monday morning

The storms pummeled California this week are fueled by an atmospheric river, a plume of moisture that extended across the Pacific to near Hawaii. Here’s a look at the phenomenon

Californians spent Friday and Saturday preparing for what forecasters are saying could be the largest storm of the season

At least a half dozen public piers are closed after being damaged repeatedly by storms over the past two years. Repair costs have climbed into the millions of dollars

A set of 14 bills that were two years in the making aims to correct centuries of racism in a state with 2.6 million African Americans, but the initiative will face an uphill battle in the state legislature

Any Salvadoran citizen who is in the United States can vote online for the 2024 Election until February 4

The machines can be used to manufacture counterfeit pills that look just like prescription pills but instead can be laced with substances like fentanyl

Newsom’s salmon strategy includes a controversial proposal to seek voluntary agreements with major farmers over how much water they can take out of the rivers and streams

This year, Republican lawmakers have proposed about three dozen bills in at least 17 states that would restrict or require public disclosure of DEI initiatives

The mythical character gets a modern update in the Amazon Prime TV series with a diverse cast and feminist themes

The declines were most notable in dry regions with extensive cropland, said researchers whose work was published Wednesday in the journal ‘Nature’

CSU officials ended contract negotiations with a unilateral offer starting with a 5% pay raise this year, effective Jan. 31, far below the 12% hike that the union is seeking

If the group can secure 13,000 signatures from Solano County voters, the measure will go before voters this November

This pioneer of punk, cult guitarist, ex-heroin addict and homosexual activist is presenting a memoir and a new musical project