The Latest Breaking News from California

COVID-19 cases are dropping in California and across the country to levels not seen since before last summer's nasty delta variant took hold. Face mask requirements have lifted. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's risk maps have shifted from red and orange warning colors to reassuring yellow and green.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Instead of being labeled as a buyer or seller in advance of the NHL’s trade deadline, Sharks assistant general manager Joe Will several days ago simply referred to himself as a listener.

TAFT, Calif. — Here amid the dusty hills and deserted main streets of California’s oil country, the last three years have delivered “one kick in the gut after another,” some say.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two of California's largest wildfire incidents in 2021 cost fire agencies more than $500 million apiece to suppress, and a third cost more than a quarter-million dollars to fight, according to new federal data.

LOS ANGELES — The landmark 1970 law for preserving California’s beauty has a long history of backfiring.

The Californian singer keeps the R&B faith with Flora + Fana, an introspective new project of heartbreak and weirdo funk

This new article of mine is now out, in the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty. The Introduction: In several major cities and counties, in some territories, perhaps in the whole states of California and Montana, and to a small extent in Minnesota, private businesses may not discriminate against patrons…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a state that is home to the nation's highest poverty rate, the most billionaires and a shrinking middle class, who deserves cash relief when prices are soaring?

Affluent Californians flock to the region, creating a classic housing crisis