Researchers say about 800 plants are involved in plastics or plastics-chemicals in California. Many are around Los Angeles and are expanding.

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A bill that would have charged some people high fees to secure records from California public agencies was scaled back.

A new California law gives just more flexibility to keep defendants in jail rather than releasing them to community-based mental health treatment programs.

The court’s decision allows – but doesn’t require – states to bar transgender student athletes from playing on girls’ and ...

Fish caught of the coast of California one day end up on patron's plate the next day at some of the best restaurants in town.

California librarians were stunned when a last-minute budget change stripped K-12 schools of a trove of research materials, potentially leaving thousands of students without resources to do reports, ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses the media during a press conference unveiling his revised 2026-27 budget proposal at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on May 14, 2026. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez ...

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El gobernador Gavin Newsom y los legisladores estatales alcanzaron un acuerdo presupuestario que se basa en gran medida en ...