California

State regulators could have asked oil companies California Resources Corp. and Aera Energy for an estimated $2.4 billion to guarantee wells are plugged but decided they didn’t have the authority to do so.

Two large wildfires sparked in Riverside County, California, on Sunday, sending residents fleeing as flames quickly spread, destroying three homes and threatening more than 1,000 others.

State regulators are allowing the oil industry to walk away from its cleanup responsibilities.

Amid heat waves and wildfires, PPIC poll shows Californians worried about losing home insurance

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No rolling blackouts or grid emergencies as California continues on path to a carbon free grid. Several strategies, including upgrades to vulnerable parts of the grid at play here, but key enabler …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law barring school districts from passing policies requiring schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification.

A year after he took the top job in 2019, the president of one of California’s largest and most powerful unions said in a newsletter that he wanted to be “the 800 pound gorilla” in Sacramento politics.

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"It's outrageous that California regulators keep attacking rooftop solar and it has to stop," said one attorney in the case.

After thousands of sequoias were destroyed by extreme wildfires, tribes are conducting cultural burns.

In addition to a precarious presidential election and high-stakes U.S House races, California voters in November will also weigh in on a slew of statewide initiatives that could significantly shape policy.

Summer is always hot. But experts say there is something important to understand about what's different regarding this current heat wave hitting the Bay Area.

Cargo ships off California are reducing speeds as part of an unusual race designed to protect some very large local residents.

A racist 'Zoom Bombing' group was made up of American teenagers collaborating on a Roblox-owned chat with foreign nationals, according to a criminal complaint.

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Women who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of guards at a notorious federal prison in California are now seeking compassionate release.

For part of almost every day this spring, the state produced more electricity than it needed from renewable sources.

A new report by the Environmental Protection Agency suggests that Apple also miscalculated the effectiveness of its hazardous compound air filters.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom has set in motion the return of ancestral lands to the Shasta Indian Nation that were seized a century ago and submerged.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom and removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, saying the change would have upended the way government works.

There are unaffordable housing markets, and then there are "impossibly unaffordable" markets, four of which are in California, a recent study said.

Fast-food lobbyists say the higher California minimum wage law led to a loss of nearly 10,000 jobs. The claim is baseless.

Starting July 1, a batch of new laws will take effect in California, ranging from legislation banning junk fees, to a law designed to prevent victims from getting unknowingly drugged at bars and clubs.

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Groups push California to plant more trees at schools to protect students from a warming planet. Here’s how they want to pay for it.

For years, mycologists and hobbyists alike have been using DNA sequencing on foraged fungi.

Lawmakers and the governor use a fund to plug budget holes, instead of spending more to address California wage theft.