The Latest Breaking News from California

LOS ANGELES — The sheer acreage consumed by fire in California in recent years is numbing: more than 2.5 million acres last year, and 4.3 million acres the year before that.

More Californians are gaining access to broadband internet, but Black and Latino households still lag behind their white counterparts, according to an analysis of the latest available American Community Survey data.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Assembly Democrats are forming a select committee to investigate why the state’s $6-per-gallon gas prices are among the nation’s highest.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Once again, California’s largest health care workers union is campaigning for dialysis reform — but they face powerful opponents.

LOS ANGELES — Jonah Stein exited the vaccination clinic in his father’s arms Tuesday afternoon, proud to show off his Band-Aid.

Jones Soda Co. (OTCQB: JSDA) (CSE:JSDA) entered into exclusive partnership with Kiva Sales and Service (KSS) to launch its new line of cannabis-infused beverages, Mary Jones, into the California market.

On June 20, the California Secretary of State announced an initiative to enact staffing requirements, reporting requirements, ownership disclosure, and closing requirements at dialysis clinics had qualified for the November ballot. Californians for Kidney Dialysis Patient Protection, the campaign behind the initiative, submitted over 1 million signatures. The random sample…

A group of Uber Technologies, Inc (NYSE:UBER) and Lyft, Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT) drivers slapped an antitrust lawsuit on the companies for unfairly controlling passenger fares. The drivers claimed that lower consumer fares would provide them with "the most competitive compensation." The suit adds that companies hurt driver earnings by charging higher fares to the customers. The lawsuit…

LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for a private prison company traded arguments with the state of California before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena on Tuesday over a lawsuit challenging state legislation banning private, for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers.