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FRESNO, Calif. — The rural town of Squaw Valley in eastern Fresno County is now facing federal, state and local efforts to change its name as part of a national push to remove the word “squaw” from places across the United States.

SONOMA, Calif. — Maia and Mia Bravo stepped outside their house on a bright summer day and sensed danger.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Scientists, doctors and pathologists are questioning the Sacramento County coroner’s conclusion that Lori McClintock’s death was related to white mulberry, a plant that has been used as an herbal remedy for centuries — and one that the coroner’s botanical consultant called “not toxic” in a letter to…

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Wednesday to push some Californians with severe mental illness into treatment, kicking off what’s sure to be a long and challenging process to get the unprecedented new framework up and running across the state.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One day after federal prosecutors asked for an eight-month prison sentence for Sherri Papini for her 2016 kidnap hoax, her attorney asked a judge to give the 40-year-old Redding-area woman a one-month sentence in custody with seven more in home detention.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It was a 10-day test of California’s ability to keep the lights on and maintain its green-energy crusade, an unprecedented heat wave that pushed the state’s power grid to the brink of rolling blackouts.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Mosquito fire erupted again on Tuesday afternoon, spreading toward Placer County towns that have been under mandatory evacuation orders since the middle of last week when the wildfire made its first explosive, destructive run.

If the Colorado River were to become unusable, Southern California would lose one-third of its water supply. And vast swaths of farmland in the state’s southeastern desert would go unplanted.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Crews continue to make steady progress battling the Mosquito fire burning in Placer and El Dorado counties, with officials reporting “great strides” in containment on some sections of the fire amid changing weather conditions.