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Smoke plumes could be seen for miles as fire crews worked to get the blaze under control.

That promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed Black slaves turned out to be short-lived and mostly unfulfilled.

Weather probably milder than previous summers but wet winter spurred growth in grasses and vegetation that is ‘ready to burn’

The progressive House representative from California is at the helm of a campaign to set term limits for supreme court justices

Now the Florida governor is facing real problems — and potential legal jeopardy — over his reckless political stunt

Over three years, hundreds of volunteers will fan out across California to survey wild bees, with the goal of piecing together a picture of where they live and which species are in trouble.

Joby Aviation said this week that it got the green light to flight test its factory-made air taxi, which it hopes to launch commercially in 2025. It's one of several companies reaching for the skies.

As smoky as the summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change

Assemblymember Robert Rivas has been sworn in as the next speaker of California's state Assembly

The California "Safe at Home Confidential Address Program" provides for special forwarding addresses for people who swear that they are "attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse," and need to "establish new names or addresses in order…

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that conservative Christians have a free-speech right to refuse to provide some business services for same-sex marriages, even in states like California where civil rights laws forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation.