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Thairie Ritchie, a well-known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

Offramps along Interstate 5, a major north-south artery, were closed as flames raced along hilltops and down into rugged ...

Next-door neighbors lost their near-identical homes in a California wildfire, but how they are navigating rebuilding is a ...

A heartless California serial killer eerily sang road tunes in court while his victims’ families gave impact statements ...

If President Donald Trump’s claims about California water management are to be believed, then there is a basically a giant faucet in the north of the state that could unleash ...

The settlement requires that Amazon pay a total of $6 million in civil penalties and legal fees. Amazon must also take ...

Activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt reached a no-contest plea deal, ending years of criminal litigation over ...