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One defendant was acquitted of manslaughter in the Oakland fire that killed 36, while the jury deadlocked on the other.

Pacific Gas & Electric has shut off power to hundreds of thousands to protect against wildfires, but residents say the outages are unpredictable, costly and questionable.

Much of California is under a red flag warning as firefighters continue to battle fires in the north and south.

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Thousands of Trump supporters made a public show of celebration, promotion and, in some cases, tacit intimidation over the weekend.

No major violence broke out, but officials worry that results could change that.

At this early stage, state Attorney General Becerra and Secretary of State Padilla have emerged as the leading candidates. The state has never had a Latino in the Senate.

Federal prosecutors charged Jerry Boylan for his alleged “misconduct, negligence, and inattention” before fire.

The main concern now among officials is the health-care system’s capacity.

Families struggle to celebrate amid the year’s losses and as coronavirus cases surge.

After Monday’s mass shooting, Boulder again confronts the obstacles it faces in regulating guns.

State officials say enough valid signatures have been collected to qualify the question for the ballot.

The state eviction moratorium — set to expire in June — will also be extended three months.

Weather relented to allow thousands of firefighters to make some containment progress.

The drought, along with man-made impediments, has placed the state’s Chinook salmon population at grave risk

Authorities on Monday combed through burned-out homes, using hand tools at times.

State measures, pushed after previous mass shootings, mean California has fewer gun deaths per resident than most states.

In California and much of the American West, the extremes of climate change are widening the gap between rich and poor.

A liberal city, defined by a prestigious university and a housing crisis, tries to find a middle ground in a place molded by protest.

The collapse of one California county’s only adult-care hospital has exposed the fragility of a system that primarily serves the poor in a rich state