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California has been deluged by storms this winter, but fixing the state's severe drought will take more than rain. The state had deeper problems in how it uses water.

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Nearly two weeks after a levee failure forced hundreds of families in the small Monterey County community of Pajaro to leave their homes in the middle of the night, both county officials and residents are demanding answers for why federal assistance promised by the governor has yet…

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Across the San Francisco Bay Area, public safety workers and weather experts figured there wasn’t much they hadn’t seen during this relentless winter of atmospheric rivers, a freezing Alaskan Gulf jet stream, snow and nearly 100 mph winds.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A few red hot chefs and one Red Hot Chili Pepper are heading to the 4th Annual BeachLife Festival as part of the event’s food and punk art offerings.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Even experienced weather experts were stunned by the destructive, deadly and ultimately rare “bomb cyclone” that touched down in the region Tuesday afternoon.

The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as the 2023 season nears the end of March.

The top boys high school volleyball teams as of March 22, 2023.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — San Quentin State Prison was once known as “The Bastille by The Bay,” an enormous facility overlooking San Francisco Bay that housed the nation’s largest death row and was built in 1852, making it California’s oldest prison.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — It’s fitting that Banda MS, the Mazatlan, Mexico-born banda group, started 2023 with the February release of “Un Chingo de Tequila,” a collaboration with Latin pop singer Mario Domm.

PAJARO, Calif. — Maria Martinez felt nauseated as she and her son crossed the Pajaro River Bridge into Watsonville, in Santa Cruz County.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom insists his presidential ambitions are "subzero," and I believe him. As president, he probably couldn't avoid giving a State of the Union speech before Congress. And he'd hate that.