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A debate over whether to create harsher penalties for soliciting and buying sex from older teenagers exploded in the California Legislature this week.

As the federal government rolls back fishing restrictions in the Pacific Remote Islands, California is reviewing its network of marine protected areas.

The University of California has announced that James B. Milliken will be the next president of the system.

It was Dec. 4, 2021. The game was over. San Antonio knocked off Golden State 112-107.

Hollywood is pulling out the stops this summer movie season, which kicks off with Friday's release Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*.” May also brings big studio releases like a live-action “Lilo & Stitch,” “Mission: Impossible 8” and a new Wes…

California regulators have released a new proposal to allow the testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks on public roads.

The State Bar of California has disclosed that some multiple-choice questions in a problem-plagued bar exam were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence.

California is spending $500 million to put an additional 1,000 electric school buses on the road.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation to provide $2.8 billion to close the budget hole in the state's Medicaid program.

Fishing regulators have voted to close the 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California for an unprecedented third year running.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed new legislation that will provide more than $170 million in state funding to help prevent wildfires while signing an order aimed at speeding up the work by easing environmental permitting.

A consumer advocacy group has filed a lawsuit to block insurers from charging California customers for $500 million in costs associated with the January wildfires.

A bill in the California Legislature that would have made oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes caused by natural disasters has failed to advance.

Nearly three months after two wildfires destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, officials say the combined death toll from the blazes has reached 30.

Former Biden administration Health Secretary Xavier Becerra is the latest Democrat to join the crowded field seeking to become California's next governor.