The Latest Breaking News from California

Towns across the U.S. want to stop building homes that are vulnerable to climate-driven disasters, like wildfires, floods and droughts. It's easier said than done.

In 2015, in the midst of a drought, California lawmakers banned cities and counties from prohibiting synthetic grass. The logic behind the law was that artificial turf was better for the environment because it saved water. But state lawmakers now argue artificial turf is bad for the environment because it…

Berry Creek’s struggle to recover is a harbinger of what’s to come in the era of climate crisis

A deadly blaze in 2018 leveled the area, but now residents are dreaming of a different future in the rapidly developing community

Radio astronomers in California imaged the sun's scorching hot corona for the first time ever during a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 14.

Despite a warning from the state, board supervisors threaten to sue if Shasta county registrar uses voting machines

Some California entrepreneurs and farmers are betting agave could be a promising crop for the state

Federal regulators will review the use of a chemical found in tires after a petition from Native American tribes in California and Washington state

More than a decade after the trial to overturn Prop. 8 ended, trial videotapes remained sealed, until NPR member station KQED won a long legal battle that got the U.S. Supreme Court to unseal them.

A shortage of half-pint milk cartons is affecting school meals in cafeterias across the U.S. School officials from New York to California are scrambling for backup options after a main supplier of cartons said demand has outstripped supply

The Hospice East Bay vote shows growing unionization at end-of-life care.