SACRAMENTO, Calif — New year, new laws. Hundreds of laws were passed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. By 2025, a number of those laws are set to go into effect — along with some from years ...

When the Varsity Blues scandal hit in 2019, it rocked American academia in unprecedented ways. The federal case alleged that wealthy parents cheated to get their kids into elite universities.

Endangered gray wolves are thriving in California after returning to the Golden State nearly a century after being wiped out in the 1920s. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates ...

Until recently, neither could California sparkling wines compete, by and large, except as poor stand-ins for Champagne. But no longer. In the last decade a new breed of California sparkling wine ...

Officials from New Mexico have successfully enticed executives with tax incentives, as well as reminders of the state’s natural beauty and proximity to California. Netflix, for example ...

An end to a banking fee? More protections for your credit score if you face medical debt? These are among the roughly 1,000 new laws hitting California starting the first day of 2025. If that sounds ...

on Dec. 23, 2024. Daniel Dreifuss/AFP via Getty Images Marina police officers, firefighters, U.S. Coast Guard and the California Highway Patrol launched an extensive search for the man using boats ...

Mother humpback, gray and orca whales come to give birth ... The only freshwater coastal lagoon in Baja California Sur, it is divided from the sea by a natural sand barrier. Recently restored ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Researchers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the latest annual count of gray wolves in the state of California. That update for 2024 ...