The effort to pass California's Proposition 50 redistricting measure brought in some Democratic heavy hitters Thursday night ...

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Ballots were sent out this week to Mendocino County voters for the Nov. 4 special election to decide Proposition 50, a ...

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Tropical Storm Priscilla could bring heavy rain and a “significant” risk of flash flooding to the southwestern U.S. through ...

Long Beach Police have identified a 22-year-old California State University, Long Beach student who was stabbed to death by ...

NASA's SPHEREx is exploring the galaxies to answer the question of where we all come from while sending back jaw-dropping ...

New data shows widespread erosion in vaccination coverage in over 75% of U.S. counties including some North State areas, ...

Weeks after Southern California Edison announced initial details of its compensation program for survivors of the deadly ...

With the federal minimum wage—$7.25 per hour—unchanged for the past 16 years, many states and cities have taken independent action to address rising housing, food and health care costs. According to ...

About 25 years ago, my wife and I bought a small duplex on Santa Barbara’s Westside. We lived in the smaller of the two units and did all our own ...

Indiana leaders on Friday met with Vice President JD Vance for the third time as they work to secure support for mid-cycle, ...