The Latest Breaking News from Calif

The state is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new vehicles sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen, a step that will speed the transition to more climate-friendly vehicles.

SAN JACINTO, Calif. — As drought, global warming and chronic overuse push the Colorado River to perilous new lows, water officials are hoping to prevent an earthquake from severing a critical Depression-era aqueduct that now connects millions of Southern Californians to the shrinking river.

TAYLORSVILLE, Calif. — It was between the third and fourth evacuations from the Dixie fire that Kjessie Essue decided to be a farmer-florist.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The wife of a Northern California congressman died late last year after ingesting a plant that is generally considered safe and is used as an herbal remedy for a variety of ailments, including diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol, KHN has learned.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Skye Bolt’s sacrifice fly to right field brought home David MacKinnon from third base for the game-winning run as the Oakland A’s beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 in 10 innings Wednesday before an announced crowd of 3,901 at the Coliseum.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose is considering whether to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections, but the controversial proposal could be in legal jeopardy before it even makes its way to the ballot box.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A measure to amend the state Constitution to add protections for abortion rights appears on track for victory this fall as the issue of reproductive rights appears to be strongly motivating the state's voters.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — California’s third-largest city banished flavored tobacco products from store shelves this summer, joining scores of other cities and counties in the state in a public health push to reduce nicotine addiction among youths and young adults.

OAKLAND, Calif. — For the second consecutive game, Miami Marlins pitchers dominated against the Oakland Athletics — although the probably game got a little too close for comfort in the ninth inning.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An autopsy on Tuesday confirmed that the body of Kiely Rodni, the Truckee 16-year-old who had been missing for two weeks, was the remains found Sunday in her submerged vehicle in the Prosser Creek Reservoir.

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges related to a May car crash he caused in the Napa County city of Yountville, and was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation, according to…