Soumya Karlamangla

A Southern California man charged with assault of a federal officer was asking agents to leave an area where school children wait for the bus, according to his lawyers.

Zoe Rosenberg, a California animal rights activist, was found guilty of conspiracy and trespassing for taking four chickens from a poultry plant.

Coast Guard police fired rounds at a moving van that accelerated toward the base in reverse and did not follow commands to stop, the authorities say.

About 200 people stood in an intersection outside the Coast Guard base in Alameda, Calif., where federal agents were said to be arriving to prepare for an immigration enforcement operation.

Some 23 million voters have received mail ballots for the Nov. 4 election. The only statewide measure this fall is a redistricting plan spearheaded by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The government shutdown has prevented a U.S. Air Force group and possibly a Navy squadron from attending signature air shows in California. Instead, a Canadian team is set to be the headliner.

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake was strong enough to rattle nerves in the middle of the night, especially in the heavily populated East Bay where it was centered.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to prevent federal agents from concealing their identities with masks. The law is expected to face a legal challenge.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers have focused on pocketbook concerns this year, seeing their party’s national losses as a reckoning.

Giant sequoias can live for thousands of years, but wildfires have killed staggering numbers of the trees in recent years.

A new generation of activists has used extreme tactics and viral video to challenge farmers in Sonoma County, a region known for some of the industry’s most humane practices.

The children who lost their lives at Camp Mystic were not scattered through the camp. Almost every one of them was in either the Bubble Inn or Twins cabins, which housed the youngest campers.

Videos captured a scuffle between protesters and immigration agents outside a courthouse. No injuries were immediately reported, the police said.

The Trump administration signaled that it would pursue enforcement actions against the state and previously threatened to cut federal education funds.

The company indicated that multiple people died in the incident three days before the Fourth of July, but officials have not issued a determination.

After scaling back a landmark environmental law, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state leaders are hoping for a construction boom.

The suspect came to the U.S. in 2022 and lived with his family in a suburban neighborhood. He was a ride share driver, and his daughter was embraced by her school community.

The latest Trump administration inquiry appears to focus on a competitor entered in this weekend’s state track and field championships.

For decades, California has been able to adopt its own emissions regulations, effectively setting the bar for carmakers nationally. And for just as long, Republicans have resented the state’s outsize influence.

Bay Area Rapid Transit, the main commuter rail system for the region, was forced to close for most of the Friday morning commute.