An incoming storm, powered by the lingering bits of Tropical Storm Priscilla in the Pacific Ocean, could bring heavy rain and flooding to parts of Southern California to start the week.

Pilot Chad Millward, a retired California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer, is in critical condition after a medical helicopter he was piloting crashed into Highway 50 in Sacramento on Oct. 6. Millward once helped rescue over 40 people during the Atlas Fire in 2017.

With less than a week until his bill-signing deadline, Gov. Gavin Newsom has a choice to make on an issue that’s splitting two of California’s preeminent industries — Silicon Valley and Hollywood — just as he attempts to court them both.

Southern California is due for widespread rainfall and a dramatic drop in temperatures to start the new week due to a storm system from the remnants of Tropical Storm Priscilla.

California cardrooms emerged victorious in the latest battle over whether tribes should have exclusive rights to offer Las Vegas-style gambling.

California is adding a new holiday to its calendar. On Monday, Oct. 6, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 268 into law, making California the third state to designate Diwali - the Hindu festival of lights - as an official statewide holiday.

Immigrants selling food, flowers, and other merchandise along the sidewalks of California will have new privacy protections intended to keep their identities secret from federal immigration agents.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will phase out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals over the next decade under a first-in-the-nation law signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The kinds of climate-fueled firestorms like we saw in January will only continue to worsen over time,” the governor said.