The Latest Breaking News from Calif

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — PG&E Corp.’s efforts to improve wildfire safety continue to run into headwinds, including aging equipment, damaged power poles and hazardous trees that went undetected by the utility’s crews, according to a consulting firm hired by California officials.

Laboe is credited with inventing the "oldies, but goodies" phrase, as well as with helping end segregation in Southern California by organizing live DJ shows that attracted a diverse audience.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and actor who is married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, is among the accusers of Harvey Weinstein who will testify at his rape and sexual assault trial that began Monday, her attorney said.

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge has denied a request for a new trial by the notorious Mongols Motorcycle Club, despite claims by the outlaw organization that its former president was a secret government informant who worked against the group during its ongoing legal battle with the government.

GOLDEN TROUT WILDERNESS, Calif. — We clambered loudly up the miserable incline, horses stumbling as their shoes slid on the ladder of rocks that took us up and away from the Kern River.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Mike McCarthy was right.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A World War II-era boat has emerged at Shasta Lake, the latest historical reveal caused by the continuing drought in the Western United States.

PASADENA, Calif. — After UCLA won every nonconference game, it was dismissed as having persevered through a soft schedule.

PASADENA, Calif. — The best college quarterback in Los Angeles threw the ball against a harrowing blitz, threw it while furiously backpedaling, threw it perfectly and poetically.

BERKELEY, Calif. — One person was killed and three others were wounded in an early-morning shooting Saturday near the UC Berkeley campus, authorities said.

Gas prices have recovered somewhat nationwide, but they have continued to spike in California, hitting an average of $6.39 per gallon on Friday.