Soumya Karlamangla

The state led the nation in 2014 by banning single-use plastic bags, but a loophole actually led to more plastic waste.

In the San Bernardino Mountains, another wildfire has forced residents to flee, the latest reminder that they must accept the risks of climate change if they want to remain.

Cooler temperatures and higher humidity enabled crews to gain ground on major fires in San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside counties.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said all Americans should be alarmed that the former president wants to “block emergency disaster funds to settle political vendettas.”

A small brush fire in Southern California quickly grew to over 5,000 acres, threatening nearby suburban neighborhoods.

A system that will bring a beneficial shift in temperatures and humidity to California later in the week could first drive winds that send sparks into dangerously dry undergrowth.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin was among the hostages whose bodies were found on Saturday. Many remembered him as a gleeful and good-humored person — who later became a symbol of hope.

Lamont Jackson, who led California’s second-largest school district, engaged in “unwelcome, sex-based behavior” toward two female employees, the investigation found.

The nation’s largest dam removal project is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river at the California-Oregon border.

4.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Los Angeles