California

California's ban on new oil and gas wells near homes and community facilities is on hold following an effort to bring the measure before voters as a referendum in 2024.

The legal cannabis brand launched by the late Grateful Dead star Jerry Garcia has ceased operations in California amid a thriving black market and difficult business climate.

A Tesla Model S became engulfed in flames after the vehicle's battery compartment "spontaneously" combusted while driving on a freeway near Sacramento, California, on Saturday.

San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond says local leaders are trying to tax drivers "into submission" by converting more than 800 freeway miles into toll lanes.

A law aimed at raising fast-food workers' wages and creating better working conditions will get put to California voters in 2024.

Universal Studios Hollywood confirmed that a stunt performer was taken to the hospital Monday after an accident during a performance of the popular WaterWorld: A Live Sea War Spectacular show.

Billionaire Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit claiming that Twitter has failed to pay millions in rent for its San Francisco headquarters. Musk's Twitter seeks to cut office space.

Nearly 20% of cars sold in the golden state were zero-emissions vehicles which accounted for 40% of all US EV sales in 2022. State will require 100% to be EVs by 2035.

A disabled woman fell and broke her leg exiting Disneyland's Jungle Cruise ride while employees laughed and didn't help, a lawsuit alleges.

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes tried to flee to Mexico after her guilty verdict, prosecutors said Friday

Some job postings that have surfaced amid California’s push for pay transparency feature broad compensation ranges. Its transparency law went into effect this month.

A string of storms bringing heavy rain, powerful winds and widespread flooding to California have knocked out power to more than 200,000 across the state.

California is facing a $24 billion budget shortfall for 2023-24 as ongoing concerns about inflation and a potential recession create economic uncertainty.

Jennifer Wayne, a member of Runaway June, is the granddaughter of legendary Hollywood actor and Western icon John Wayne. She is starring on The Design Network's "Flip U."

Sam Bankman-Fried, at his arraignment in U.S. District Court in Manhattan Tuesday, will likely plead not guilty to fraud, money laundering and other charges over FTX's collapse.

Lifestyle and etiquette expert Elaine Swann answers the question many are asking: Is a tip at the counter required? Swann explains the basis for making the decision whether to tip.

The California Court of Appeals has sustained the termination of two laws that established gender, racial, and sexual quotas for boards of corporations headquartered in the state.

More than 100 business and property owners in San Francisco's Tenderloin district signed a petition to the mayor demanding they be refunded on their 2022 taxes over drug crimes.