The Latest Breaking News from California

LOS ANGELES — California’s remarkably wet winter has helped ease drought conditions considerably, with large swaths of the state — including the coast of Humboldt County, much of the snow-capped Sierra Nevada and the Santa Monica Mountains north of Malibu — no longer considered to be in drought, according to…

About half of the state has been lifted out of drought conditions by a series of storms that have drenched the region.

After a full day of working at Raymond J. Fisher Middle School, sixth-grade teacher Elizabeth Sharkey would make the hourlong drive from Los Gatos, California, to a small room she rented in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

A storm system that dumped heavy snow in parts of California has moved eastward and is threatening severe weather across the southern Plains

California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 89, said in a statement she was hospitalized with shingles and hopes to return later this month.

The economic future of millions of Californians hangs in the balance.

Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought

LOS ANGELES — A year and a half after a ruptured oil pipeline sent thousands of gallons of crude gushing into the waters off Southern California, the legal blame game is starting to wind down.

Up to 90 million residents in California, US have been placed under a freeze warning while dozens have been rescued from their homes by emergency services

Ugh, Texas.

California lawmakers thought they cracked the code last year on a construction union stalemate holding up housing bills.