A gunman accused of shooting dead a world-famous Caltech genius last week was let out of jail just two months ago despite a felony gun charge, the California Post has learned. Freddy Snyder was ...

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California officials are weighing whether a planned high‑speed rail station near Merced could be repositioned and marketed as a gateway to Yosemite National Park. A California High-Speed Rail ...

Whether you’re heading to work or starting a road trip, you might notice an on-ramp meter telling you when to merge — or when to wait — before entering a California highway. Ramp meters are traffic ...

Audits are supposed to lead to action. But the California legislature routinely ignores negative audits of state government agencies. Every year, the California State Auditor, a nonpartisan watchdog, ...

California’s high‑speed rail project reached a major construction milestone this week with the completion of the Southern Railhead Facility in Kern County — but the development comes as a proposal to ...

Scientists estimate there’s a 93% chance a 7.0+ earthquake will hit California by 2045, and the damage could be catastrophic. But the scariest part isn’t just the shaking — it’s what happens after: ...

California’s attorney general filed a motion Thursday asking a San Diego County judge to order the city of El Cajon to stop sharing its license plate reader data with out-of-state agencies. Attorney ...

I’ve been a FredHead since I was a little kid watching scary movies from under my blankets. To this day, A Nightmare on Elm Street remains my favorite horror franchise (you can read about its personal ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) sent a cease and desist letter Friday to xAI demanding that it stop producing AI-generated sexualized deepfakes of girls and women online, including on the ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - California Attorney General Robert Bonta on Friday sent a cease-and-desist letter to xAI demanding the company stop the creation and distribution of artificial ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot. By Laurel Rosenhall ...